Emergency department image interpretation services at private community hospitals.

Purpose: To investigate the methods used at private community hospitals for delivering emergency department (ED) image interpretation services.

Materials And Methods: The authors contacted a random national sample of 114 hospitals by telephone and administered an "ED Radiology Coverage" questionnaire. The questionnaire included queries about daytime image interpretation duties, nighttime radiology coverage arrangements, and radiologist staffing needs.

Findings in 2002 from a help wanted index of job advertisements: is the job-market shortage of diagnostic radiologists easing?

Objective: The goal of this study is to present the most recent data on the diagnostic radiology job market in the United States using a help wanted index of job advertisements.

Materials And Methods: All diagnostic radiology positions advertised in the American Journal of Roentgenology and Radiology from January through December 2002 were coded by practice type, geographic location, and subspecialty. Data were compared with the previously published results from 1991 through 2001.

Updated findings from a help wanted index of job advertisements and an analysis of the policy implications: is the job-market shortage for diagnostic radiologists stabilizing?

Objective: The goal of our study is to present the most recent data on the diagnostic radiology job market in the United States using a help wanted index of job advertisements.

Materials And Methods: All diagnostic radiology jobs advertised in the American Journal of Roentgenology and Radiology between January 2000 and December 2001 were coded by practice type, geographic location, and subspecialty and were compared with the previously published results from 1991 through 1999.

Results: From January 1999 through December 2001, 15,205 positions were advertised for diagnostic radiologists, representing a 284% average per-month increase as compared with the previous 4-year period.