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| Mythreyi BhargavanSummaryAffiliation: American College of Radiology Country: USA Publications
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Workload of radiologists in the United States in 2002-2003 and trends since 1991-1992Mythreyi Bhargavan
Research Department, American College of Radiology, 1891 Preston White Dr, Reston, VA 20191, USA
Radiology 236:920-31. 2005..To measure the workload of radiologists in the United States in 2002-2003, variations in workload according to practice characteristics, and trends since 1991-1992...- Data from a professional society placement service as a measure of the employment market for radiation oncologistsMythreyi Bhargavan
Research Department, American College of Radiology, Reston, VA 20191, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 53:401-6. 2002..This data series is twice as long as any previously available. Secondarily, we compare these data with other data on the employment market... - Utilization of radiology services in the United States: levels and trends in modalities, regions, and populationsMythreyi Bhargavan
Research Department, American College of Radiology, 1891 Preston White Dr, Reston, VA 20191, USA
Radiology 234:824-32. 2005..To assess the most recent available data for levels and trends in utilization of radiology procedures across populations, modalities, and geographic areas... - Women Radiologists in the United States: results from the American College of Radiology's 2003 SurveyRebecca S Lewis
Research Department, American College of Radiology, 1891 Preston White Dr, Reston, VA 20191, USA
Radiology 242:802-10. 2007..To retrospectively evaluate data from the 2003 American College of Radiology (ACR) survey of diagnostic radiologists with regard to characteristics of women radiologists, their professional activities, and the practices in which they work... 
The actual role of CT and ventilation-perfusion scanning in workup for suspected pulmonary embolism: evidence from hospitalsMythreyi Bhargavan
Research Department, American College of Radiology, Reston, VA 20191, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 193:1324-32. 2009..We sought to ascertain the relative roles of CT and ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scanning, the previously preferred technique, in the diagnosis of PE in recent practice and whether there is variation among hospital types...- A portrait of breast imaging specialists and of the interpretation of mammography in the United StatesRebecca S Lewis
Research Department, American College of Radiology, 1891 Preston White Dr, Reston, VA 20191, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 187:W456-68. 2006.... - Clarifying the relationship between nonradiologists' financial interest in imaging and their utilization of imagingMythreyi Bhargavan
Health Policy Research Department, American College of Radiology, Reston, VA 20191, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 197:W891-9. 2011..We conducted extensive quantitative analysis of seven deficiencies that have been identified... - Imaging self-referral associated with higher costs and limited impact on duration of illnessDanny R Hughes
American College of Radiology, Reston, Virginia, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 29:2244-51. 2010..These findings indicate that except for x-rays, constraining the self-referral of imaging may be appropriate... - Physician self-referral for imaging and the cost of chronic care for Medicare beneficiariesDanny R Hughes
American College of Radiology, 1891 Preston White Drive, Reston, VA 20191, USA
Med Care 49:857-64. 2011..Previous studies, mostly of acute illnesses, have found self-referral increases utilization and, thus, probably imaging costs... - Workload of radiologists in the United States in 1998-1999 and trends since 1995-1996Mythreyi Bhargavan
Research Department, American College of Radiology, 1891 Preston White Dr, Reston, VA 20191, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 179:1123-8. 2002..CONCLUSION. The workload per radiologist measured in procedures and RVUs increased substantially between 1995-1996 and 1998-1999. Because much variation remains unexplained, averages or medians should not be used as norms... - Frequency of use of imaging tests in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: effects of physician specialty, patient characteristics, and regionMythreyi Bhargavan
American College of Radiology, 1891 Preston White Dr, Reston, VA 20191, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 194:1018-26. 2010..g., emergency department), physician and patient characteristics, and geographic location... - Diagnostic radiologists' subspecialization and the new final board examinationJonathan H Sunshine
Research Department, American College of Radiology, 1891 Preston White Dr, Reston, VA 20191, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 191:1293-301. 2008.... - Radiology practices' use of external off-hours teleradiology services in 2007 and changes since 2003Rebecca S Lewis
Research Department, American College of Radiology, Reston, VA 20191, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 193:1333-9. 2009..Our objective is to report patterns of utilization of external off-hours teleradiology services (EOTSs) in 2007 and changes since 2003... - Workload of radiologists in United States in 2006-2007 and trends since 1991-1992Mythreyi Bhargavan
Research Department, American College of Radiology, 1891 Preston White Dr, Reston, VA 20191, USA
Radiology 252:458-67. 2009..To determine radiologists' workloads in 2006-2007, as measured by both procedures per full-time equivalent (FTE) radiologist and relative value units (RVUs) per FTE radiologist, and to discover trends since 1991-1992... - Trends in the utilization of medical procedures that use ionizing radiationMythreyi Bhargavan
American College of Radiology, Reston, VA 20191, USA
Health Phys 95:612-27. 2008.... - What factors affect the productivity and efficiency of physician practices?Jonathan H Sunshine
Research Department, American College of Radiology, Reston, VA 20191, USA
Med Care 48:110-7. 2010..As well, radiology is a leader in the general movement of physicians out of very small practices. And imaging is by the fastest-growing category of physician expenditure... - The growing size of radiology practicesMythreyi Bhargavan
American College of Radiology, Reston, Virginia, USA
J Am Coll Radiol 5:801-5. 2008..To describe trends in the size of radiology practices from 1990 to 2007... - The practice of imaging self-referral doesn't produce much one-stop serviceJonathan Sunshine
American College of Radiology, Reston, Virginia, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 29:2237-43. 2010..Policy makers attempting to make the use of imaging more responsible should consider narrowing Medicare's special provision allowing referrals to a physician's own practice so that the provision covers x-rays only... - Too few radiologists?Mythreyi Bhargavan
Research Department, American College of Radiology, 1891 Preston White Dr, Reston, VA 20191, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 178:1075-82. 2002..The purpose of our study was to model the supply and demand for diagnostic radiologists over the next 30 years under alternative scenarios... - A portrait of interventional radiologists in the United StatesJonathan H Sunshine
Research Department, American College of Radiology, 1891 Preston White Dr, Reston, VA 20191, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 185:1103-12. 2005..They are in some ways like other radiologists and in other ways different, but they do not spend as much of their time in their subspecialty as some assume and, overall, are not as different... - Prevalence of productivity-enhancing technologies in radiologyNikhil R Nayak
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 20 York St, Tomkins East 2, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 190:1445-52. 2008.... - Emergency department image interpretation services at private community hospitalsDaniel D Saketkhoo
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 330 Cedar St, TE-2, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Radiology 231:190-7. 2004..02) each significantly increases the probability of higher nighttime levels of radiologist coverage. CONCLUSION: There is great variation in the current provision of emergency radiology services in private community hospitals... - Medical radiation exposure in the U.S. in 2006: preliminary resultsFred A Mettler
Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Service, New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
Health Phys 95:502-7. 2008..Nuclear medicine accounted for about 4% of all procedures but 26% of the total collective dose. Medical radiation exposure is now approximately equal to natural background radiation... - Self-referred whole-body imaging: where are we now?Grace M Kalish
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 330 Cedar St, TE 2, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Radiology 233:353-8. 2004..To identify current patterns and trends of computed tomographic (CT) screening, including geographic data, services provided, facility type, and demographic characteristics... - Diagnostic accuracy of mammography, clinical examination, US, and MR imaging in preoperative assessment of breast cancerWendie A Berg
American College of Radiology Imaging Network, 301 Merrie Hunt Drive, Lutherville, MD 21093, USA
Radiology 233:830-49. 2004..To prospectively assess accuracy of mammography, clinical examination, ultrasonography (US), and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in preoperative assessment of local extent of breast cancer... - Radiologists' reading times using PACS and using films: one practice's experienceHoward B Fleishon
Valley Radiologists Ltd, 5322 W. Northern Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85301, USA
Acad Radiol 13:453-60. 2006..In this specific practice setting, we did not find evidence that PACS workstations alone, without any other changes in workflow design, improved radiologists' interpretation time... - What characterizes academic radiology departments that secure large amounts of external funding for research?Ari I Jonisch
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, TE 2, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Acad Radiol 13:1513-6. 2006..We sought to identify factors associated with high levels of external research funding in order to provide departments with information that may help them increase their external research funding... - The state of teleradiology in 2003 and changes since 1999Todd L Ebbert
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 188:W103-12. 2007..The purpose of our study is to describe in detail the use of teleradiology in 2003 and to report on changes since 1999 in this rapidly evolving field... - RADPEER quality assurance program: a multifacility study of interpretive disagreement ratesJames P Borgstede
Colorado Springs, CO 80908 3239, USA
J Am Coll Radiol 1:59-65. 2004.... - Disagreement in interpretation: a method for the development of benchmarks for quality assurance in imagingDavid J Soffa
American Imaging Management, Northbrook, Illinois 60062, USA
J Am Coll Radiol 1:212-7. 2004..To calculate disagreement rates by radiologist and modality to develop a benchmark for use in the quality assessment of imaging interpretation... - Nuclear medicine exposure in the United States, 2005-2007: preliminary resultsFred A Mettler
Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Service, NMVAHCS, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
Semin Nucl Med 38:384-91. 2008..75 mSv and the collective dose to about 220,000 person Sv. There also has been a marked shift in the type of procedures being performed with cardiac scanning accounting for about 70% of procedures... - The reasons that many radiology practices don't use off-hours servicesScott Kennedy
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
J Am Coll Radiol 5:887-92. 2008..To compare radiology practices that use external, internal, and no off-hours services...