Patients recently filed a proposed class-action suit against Alliance and Northeast Radiology, claiming the 2 were lax in responding to a cybersecurity incident last year. 

A contracted outside radiologist spotted an incidental liver lesion on the scan, but the concern was not addressed in a timely manner, according to a recently released report.

Before the pandemic, hospitals were hesitant to embrace a cloud journey. Sure, some were using the cloud for research projects and used cloud-based applications like Microsoft 365, but use of the cloud for medical imaging data management was largely in its infancy. 

Patients often visit their primary care provider for lower back pain, with imaging revealing no acute injury and only common signs of wear and tear, UW experts wrote recently.  

The academic imaging department found that plain computed tomography head scans produced numerous phone calls from referrers, pulling rads away from their work. 

Cancer docs claim CT reports from subspecialists were clearer and more accurate, according to a new Insights into Imaging study.  
 

Comparing mammography rates between April-December of 2020 against the same period in 2019, Washington state scientists found stark differences. 

Vetting is an “extremely important” but often overlooked duty of physicians in imaging, U.K. experts wrote recently.