Dear AuntMinnie Member,
The growth of minimally invasive image-guided therapy has produced major benefits in terms of better patient care and lower treatment costs. But it has also touched off a series of turf wars between physicians from multiple specialties, all of whom are jockeying for control of interventional procedures within their domains.
Interventional turf wars are the subject of an article we're featuring this week in our Cardiac Imaging Digital Community by staff writer Jonathan S. Batchelor. The story describes how radiology, cardiology, and surgery specialties are all gearing up to fight the interventional battles with every weapon in their arsenals.
There is a role for partnership in such an environment, but radiology practices must be able to negotiate from a position of strength, the article states. To that end, the story explains how radiologists can build successful interventional practices that will give them a leg up in the turf wars, even if they choose negotiation over confrontation. To learn more, just click here.
In another story featured in the community this week, a report from the European Society of Cardiology's World Congress describes how sonography can be used as a screening tool in women at risk of stroke or heart disease. The modality could provide information that's more suited to assessing cardiovascular risk in women compared to traditional tools that have worked well in men. Get more information by clicking here.
Find these stories and more by visiting the Cardiac Imaging Digital Community, at cardiac.auntminnie.com.
