Diagnostic Imaging

OCTOBER 13, 2023

While interventional radiologists can have an impact in a number of clinical areas by offering minimally invasive options for patients, there remains a prevailing lack of awareness about the speciality among referring physicians and patients.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Interventional radiologists are disproportionately distributed in the U.S, with higher densities practicing near urban areas, according to a study published October 30 in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. Previous studies have shown unequal distributions of radiologists in the U.S.,

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AuntMinnie

JULY 23, 2024

Attrition doesn’t appear to be a significant contributing factor in the shortage of radiologists in the U.S., according to research published July 23 in Radiology. Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to compare national workforce attrition rate of radiologists with that of other specialists. Radiologists: 13.2%

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Over the past 10 years, the salary gap between academic and nonacademic radiologists has decreased, according to a study published November 12 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. But the differences between academic and nonacademic radiologist salaries and clinical workload have not been thoroughly investigated.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 22, 2023

milla1cf Thu, 06/22/2023 - 20:06 June 22, 2023 — The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) published a new position statement offering recommendations on the management of chronic iliofemoral venous obstruction with endovascular placement of metallic stents.

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Imaging Technology

MARCH 26, 2024

milla1cf Tue, 03/26/2024 - 13:20 March 26, 2024 — Robert J.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Moral injury is common among interventional radiologists, according to a study published November 3 in Academic Radiology. Respondents included both practicing and in-training interventional radiologists and a mix of practice settings (academic, community, and hybrid). The complete study can be found here.

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Radiology Business

AUGUST 23, 2024

Gomes and [National Interventional Radiology Partners] clearly prioritized greed above the health and well-being of their elderly patients,” an FBI agent charged.

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Radiology Business

JUNE 12, 2024

Over 370 organizations support the legislation including the American College of Radiology, Society of Interventional Radiology and the Association of Academic Radiology.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Eliot Siegel, MD, of the University of Maryland shares his perspective on the rapidly emerging area of theranostics and the potential for interventional molecular radiology to join diagnostic radiology and interventional radiology as a third pathway for radiology and nuclear medicine trainees.

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MSK Library

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Library has recently acquired the 5th edition of the Handbook of Interventional Radiologic Procedures. This text is useful for interventional and general radiologists, but also … Continue reading →

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Health Imaging

JULY 17, 2023

This could pose as a barrier to referrals for image-guided interventions for radiologists specializing in IR, authors of a new paper in Clinical Imaging suggested.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

To better understand trainee perceptions of the interventional radiology (IR) workforce and attempt to decrease dissatisfaction and turnover in first jobs.

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JVIR

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The goal of this study was to evaluate whether there is an association between academic productivity and NIH grant funding among academic interventional radiologists. A database containing board-certified US interventional radiologists was previously created for a study evaluating h-index in 2021.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Since interventional radiologists are frequently asked to obtain tissue diagnosis for thoracic malignancies, a multidisciplinary clinic for thoracic malignancies centered in an interventional radiology office allows for optimizing efficiency in patient evaluation and management.

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TRA Medical Imaging

OCTOBER 10, 2023

We have been busy this summer onboarding quite a few new radiologists to our practice! Our new providers will play a pivotal role in advancing our mission – to provide accurate, compassionate, and timely radiology services that empower both patients and healthcare partners. appeared first on TRA Medical Imaging.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 23, 2024

The founder of an interventional radiology practice in Houston has agreed to pay $8.8 million to settle an anti-kickback violation case, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani in an August 20 statement.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Adrenal venous sampling (AVS) performed by interventional radiologists is the conventional approach for the lateralization of unilateral adrenal tumors for Primary Hyperaldosteronism (PA).

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Diagnostic Imaging

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Noting the challenges of conservative therapy and limitations of total knee arthroplasty, the targeted minimally invasive geniculate artery embolization, performed by interventional radiologists, may be a viable treatment alternative.

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Radiology Business

JUNE 19, 2023

Co-founded by radiologist Osmanuddin Ahmed, MD, Flow Medical is creating a first-of-its-kind product for treating pulmonary embolism.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 1, 2024

In interventional radiology (IR), most of us quickly become accustomed to needing to explain what we do -- to other clinicians, patients, their families, and even our own families. For a splenic artery aneurysm, interventional radiologist was its first answer each time.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 24, 2024

Interventional radiologists received an aggregate of over $60 million in payments from drug and medical device companies between 2017 and 2021, but most of this money is going to just a few of these physicians, according to research published July 24 in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. million in total payments.

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Diagnostic Imaging

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Thirty-five percent of the interventional radiology malpractice cases involved vascular procedures and 26 percent of overall malpractice cases that went to trial resulted in plaintiff judgments with the average award being over $2 million.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 22, 2023

milla1cf Mon, 05/22/2023 - 13:25 May 22, 2023 — Incorrect advice by an AI-based decision support system could seriously impair the performance of radiologists at every level of expertise when reading mammograms, according to a new study published in Radiology , a journal of the Radiological Society of North America ( RSNA ).

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 16, 2024

milla1cf Tue, 04/16/2024 - 11:56 April 16, 2024 — The Society of Interventional Radiology ( SIR ) has published a new position statement outlining best practice of image-guided endovascular interventions when treating children in emergency situations. Interventional radiology is an integral part of the trauma care team.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 2, 2024

Throughout 2023, AuntMinnie.com has kept you informed about how GPT has been incorporated into various types of radiology department activities for research. As a new year begins, we asked radiologists to weigh in on what has impressed them most and what might be next for GPT. There are obviously concerns with privacy.

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JVIR

MARCH 29, 2023

The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) and American College of Radiology (ACR) developed a survey to assess the attitudes of Interventional (IRs) and Diagnostic Radiologists (DRs) towards exclusive contracts and independently practicing IRs who may request privileges at a hospital where an exclusive contract exists with a different group of (..)

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Health Imaging

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The Society of Interventional Radiology launched its Virtex registry in 2020 with an eye on showcasing the profession's value.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 31, 2023

Attorney's Office in Pennsylvania has sued an interventional radiologis.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

To evaluate the involvement and contributions of interventional radiologists in the formulation and implementation of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines.

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Diagnostic Imaging

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In a recent interview at the annual RSNA conference in Chicago, Richard Heller, MD discussed the impact of reduced reimbursement rates in radiology, the projected CMS conversion factor for 2024, the severity of payment cuts in interventional radiology and the importance of radiologist advocacy.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Interventional radiology (IR) services may be performed at either hospital facilities (“facility sites”) or office-based labs (“office sites”). Office sites are typically lower cost settings, yet lack the ability to escalate care to an emergency department or inpatient service if needed.

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JVIR

APRIL 14, 2024

The use of endovascular interventions for trauma has yet to be defined for children. The purpose of this position statement is to evaluate the current literature and establish pediatric trauma guidelines for interventional radiologists.

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JVIR

OCTOBER 23, 2024

To determine and analyze the geographic distribution of interventional radiologists in the United States to identify populations with decreased access to interventional radiology (IR) care.

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Imaging Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

christine.book Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:29 December 4, 2023 — Ajay Gupta, MD, MS , has been named chair of the Department of Radiology at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and radiologist-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/CUIMC.

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JVIR

OCTOBER 27, 2023

To determine and analyze the geographic distribution of interventional radiologists in the United States to identify populations that have decreased accessibility to IR care.

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JVIR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The field of interventional radiology will not be exempt from innovation, yet our collective expertise in the field of AI remains rudimentary due to lack of training.

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