Quantifying Interventional Radiology’s Tangible Value

July 04, 2011 | NONE

In recent years, interventional radiologists have had an easier time with the long-standing challenge of impressing their diagnostic colleagues with the intangible worth of a clinical interventional-radiology service. A radiology practice with clinical feet on the street has at least a fighting chance of outrunning a remote teleradiology service. <... Read More »

The Lure and the Legend of Office-based Interventional Radiology

July 04, 2011 | Feature

By the nature of their subspecialty, interventional radiologists are enamored of innovations that engender emerging minimally invasive therapies, and the 2011 annual meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) in Chicago, Illinois, did not disappoint. Interventional-radiology researchers reported promising outcomes from clinical trials for stroke therapy, multiple-sclerosis treatment, and... Read More »

Outpatient IR Centers of Excellence: Trends in Practice Expansion

September 01, 2008 | Feature

As radiology practices react to the impact of the DRA, some are tapping into the potential of interventional radiology to expand their outpatient services

An older medical oncology patient had undergone the paracentesis procedure once before at a hospital. After she had it a second time at... Read More »