June/July 2018

The pleasures and pitfalls of rendering interpretations in layperson’s language

Patients increasingly read their own radiology reports, and the trend is only accelerating. In this new world, radiologists need to be mindful of the harm that poorly chosen words can do to a patient’s peace of mind.

Precision medicine saves a seat for imaging expertise
Genetics-based care nudges radiologists to shed their skin as discrete dispensers of diagnoses and…
Rise of the athletic brain savers
Despite the excitement over a new blood test for brain injury, radiology has a long future as a key…
Good practice governance: 5 stumbling blocks and how to scale them
Presenting five ways to establish, implement and monitor policies for divvying up duties, doling…
Anthem/AIM: Imaging programs can provide quality, affordable care to health-plan consumers
Here’s the thinking behind Anthem/AIM’s decision to steer certain advanced imaging procedures out…
Challenges and opportunities in breast-imaging economics
The economic environment for breast imaging is already complex and still evolving. Keeping up…
What’s the decision on decision support?
Imaging CDS that includes appropriateness guidance may yet wring the full value out of the…
Spread the word about low-dose CT for lung cancer screening
If you’re an American between middle age and senior citizenship, you’re getting encouraged to get…
Q&A: Angelic Bush on AI, clinical decision support and Florida in July
2018 has been an especially busy year for imaging leaders, with technology evolving at a rapid rate…
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