Such low-value testing can include chest X-rays or ultrasound of the heart that add extra costs for the patient without improving outcomes, Michigan Medicine experts wrote in JAMA Internal Medicine. 

Asymptomatic individuals received four surveillance scans each year at an annual cost of $9,600, experts wrote in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. 

An uptick in pulmonary embolism diagnoses has underlined the need to improve CTPA workflows, experts argued in a new study. 

The noted Atlanta-based system had grappled with increased advanced imaging volumes in its emergency department, creating a significant patient throughput bottleneck. 

Patient body mass index, in particular, can contribute to poorer patient positioning, experts reported in the European Journal of Radiology. 

ACR’s announcement covers several clinical scenarios, such as breast imaging in transgender patients or staging and follow-up for primary vaginal cancer. 

Weill Cornell Medicine created the Interactive Clinical Anatomy and Radiology Utilization Simulator utilizing 25 different peer-reviewed electronic modules. 

Docs are “particularly concerned” that the dearth of data could be concealing issues with cost measures or benchmarks, 45 physician groups including the ACR wrote recently.