Dear Imaging Leaders Insider,
In an era when electronic medical record systems and PACS enable almost instant delivery of data across the healthcare enterprise, is there any role for face-to-face consultations between radiologists and their colleagues? Most definitely -- and these in-person encounters can have a significant effect, according to research we're highlighting in this edition of the Imaging Leaders Insider.
How significant? After radiologists at the University of Michigan began to meet regularly with on-call acute care surgeons, they found that both surgeons' diagnostic impressions of their patients and their medical/surgical planning changed -- in about 40% of cases. Find out more in our Insider Exclusive.
When you've read our featured article, take a look at what else is going on in the Imaging Leaders Community:
- Find out what researchers from North Carolina have to say about why female physicians are still paid less than their male colleagues.
- Get the scoop on how to avoid radiology claim denials.
- Can interventional radiologists bill evaluation and management codes?
- There's good news in this year's radiology job market, according to the American College of Radiology.
- The latest report from the Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI) suggests that radiology administrators are less optimistic about the field as they head into the third quarter of 2016. But the numbers may not paint the full picture.
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.
