February/March 2014

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A report on the first annual list of the 20 largest radiology-services companies

Roadmap

Detours notwithstanding, radiology is making slow progress toward the demonstration of meaningful use of health IT

Bettina Siewert, MD

On the short list of reasons to use peer review as your practice quality improvement (PQI) project: You probably have to do three projects in the next decade.

David B. Larson, MD, MBA

A veteran of the peer-review wars shares a novel approach to instituting a successful program

Wanted

Incidental findings are a growing problem, amid wide variation in follow-up recommendations

Tightrope

As health systems prepare for value-based health care, CIOs walk a tightrope between consolidating enterprise IT and providing the functionality that radiologists require

Red Tape

In dissecting stage 2 of meaningful use, Alberto Goldszal, PhD, summarizes the meaningful-use challenge for radiologists: “In the meaningful-use rules, you are going to see some specific examples of things that are changing the radiology workflow that are perceived as a contraindication for radiology efficiency,” he says. “Overall, it does improve patient care—at least, that is the intended goal.”

Richard Heller III, MD, MBA

Since the advent of teleradiology and the new phase of increased competition it ushered in, the nature of the radiology practice has been evolving.

Piggy Bank

After kicking the can down the road on the sustainable growth rate (SGR) for more than a decade, health policymakers appear to be reaching consensus on some of the elements needed in a strategy for the reform of physician payment, health economist Gail R. Wilensky, PhD, writes in Health Affairs. 

N. Reed Dunnick, MD

Humans resist change: This is the bane of leaders, both seasoned and new to the game—particularly, at the moment, in health care. N. Reed Dunnick, MD, says, “We have many things going on, in our field, that require us to change.”

Geraldine McGinty

When CMS asked the ACR® to create bundled codes for breast biopsy, the writing was on the wall

Cheryl Proval

Sorting out who’s who in radiology professional services is no easy task

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