Dear Imaging Leaders Insider,
The radiology landscape has shifted dramatically, and teleradiology has been one of the big factors driving the change. What started as an overnight preliminary read service quickly transformed into 24-hour final reads, disrupting the tradition of exclusive arrangements between hospitals and their radiology groups -- and opening the market to competition.
In this edition of the Insider, we profile a new consulting firm, Accountable Radiology Advisors (ARA), which seeks to help groups and their hospitals continue to work together rather than part ways. Find out more about ARA by clicking here.
After you've read our featured article, check out the rest of the Imaging Leaders Digital Community:
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- Learn why patient factors, not doctors, affect emergency imaging.
As always, if you have a comment or report to share about any aspect of diagnostic imaging practice, management, administration, regulation, or financing, I invite you to contact me.
