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Radiographics
October 2015
From the Department of Radiology, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington St, Boston, MA 02111 (A.L.H.); Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, Calif (K.H.); Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass (R.L.E.); Institute for Professionalism and Ethical Practice (E.C.M., S.D.B.) and Department of Radiology (S.D.B.), Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Modern radiology is at the forefront of technological progress in medicine, a position that often places unique challenges on its professional character. This article uses "Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician Charter," a document published in 2002 and endorsed by several major radiology organizations, as a lens for exploring professional challenges in modern radiology. The three main tenets of the Charter emphasize patient welfare, patient autonomy, and the reduction of disparities in health care distribution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Am Coll Radiol
August 2014
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey. Electronic address:
Although radiologists have kept pace with the dramatic growth of medical imaging during the past two decades through the use of PACS, digital dictation, and 3-dimensional reconstruction, radiology is approaching the point of diminishing returns. As reimbursements further decline, attempts to increase radiologists' productivity risk commoditization of the specialty. The continued evolution of US health care policy, however, presents an opportunity for radiologists, using their core competencies, to shape the future direction of medicine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeuroimaging Clin N Am
August 2012
Department of Radiology, UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103-8224, USA.
Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) and the Internet have changed how clinicians interact with their clinical colleagues, both during the day and at night. Teleradiology may improve the quality of life for radiologists but it also improves the quality of the interpretations for the patients. Given the opportunity this provides to connect subspecialist clinicians with subspecialist radiologists, daytime and nighttime teleradiology is likely to increase.
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