Radiology

The number of part-time academic radiology faculty fell about 11% between 2015 and 2024, a recent study found.

Here are 10 health systems across the U.S. hiring for radiology leadership positions:

As part of the Healthy Chest Initiative at Philadelphia-based Temple Health, radiologists and physicians are using one low-dose CT scan to identify three common chest morbidities. The strategy aims to diagnose conditions at an earlier stage and enable more personalized…

Richard Heller Jr., MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center's first chief of pediatric radiology, died Feb. 3 at 86.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health subsidiary Tellica Imaging has opened its seventh Utah location in Spanish Fork. 

Corporate-backed entities acquired roughly 113 radiology practices and imaging centers over 11 years, a recent study found.

By expanding the functionality of its EHR to check imaging orders across external organizations in 2021, Epic prevented 3.2 million duplicate imaging orders, according to a Dec. 12 report from Epic Research. 

Sixty-seven percent of radiologists report their practice is understaffed, a recent American College of Radiology/Radiology Business Management Association workforce survey found.

Commercial large language models, such as OpenAI's GPT-4 and Google's Gemini, have been more widely adopted in radiology compared to open-source models, according to an article published Jan. 28 in Radiology. 

Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy is rolling out a new AI imaging service across the system's footprint to provide patients with additional diagnostic imaging review.