Archive for July, 2010

Appropriate, Safe, and Advantageous for Radiology

Concern about growing imaging costs and widespread awareness of radiation exposure issues has drawn unwanted attention to radiology. Don’t expect that to change soon.

Given those facts, the American College of Radiology’s recent statement about an article on CT scan safety published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine outlines how ACR is trying to exert some influence over the situation by offering a solution that they’ve developed instead of waiting to see what outsiders might devise. That idea is at the core of all lobbying efforts. For example, Wall Street banks could have chosen to fight directly against finance reform, instead they quietly got busy lobbying the people crafting the law and regulations so the end result is Read the rest of this entry »

Radiologist Sue Hospital Over Suite Access

Six Interventional Radiologists are suing Sutter Medical Center Sacramento over access to procedure suites, according to this article from the Sacramento Business Journal. Sutter Medical Center replaced the IR’s radiology group earlier this year, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see legal action happen as fallout from terminating a long-standing relationship.

This situation seems like one of an increasing number of conflicts between hosptial organizations and radiology groups. What are your thoughts on the relationships between hospitals and radiology groups?