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Radiology Salary Growth, RP’s Global Telerad Bid, and CAC Questions
August 27, 2026
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Thanks to everyone who attended our webinar on radiology reporting this week – we hope you enjoyed the conversation as much as we did. We have a full slate of webinars in coming weeks, including a discussion of new techniques for quantifying MRI scans on Thursday, September 17. Reserve your seat today. – Brian Casey, Managing Editor
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Radiologists enjoyed faster salary growth than physicians overall in the latest salary survey from Doximity. Radiologists also moved up several positions on the list of highest-paid doctors.
Doximity operates a widely used digital platform that counts around 85% of U.S. physicians as members.
- The company’s annual salary survey is a closely watched barometer of physician compensation, as well as other trends like compensation by metro area and physician specialty.
The 2026 survey found that radiologists had an average annual salary of $610k, up 6.6% compared to $572k in the last survey. Radiology’s growth exceeded the 2% average growth rate for all physician specialties.
- Radiology moved up three positions to occupy the #8 slot among highest-paid specialties, compared to #11 in last year’s survey.
Despite radiology’s progress, salary growth in the specialty actually slowed a bit compared to Doximity’s 2025 survey, when it rose 7.5%.
- Back then, radiology had the fourth-fastest salary growth among medical specialists.
Count yourself lucky if you’re an interventional radiologist. The field saw the largest increase in annual compensation among all physician specialties – 10.8%, bringing average compensation to $635k.
Besides just compensation, the 2026 survey also queried physicians about other employment-related topics, finding…
- 85% reported that the physician shortage had affected their clinical practice.
- 76% said the shortage and other pressures had compromised the quality of care they deliver.
- The gender salary gap remained at 26% for the second straight year as men made an average of $122k more than women.
- At 10%, radiology actually had one of the smallest gender pay gaps.
The survey also drilled down into physician attitudes toward artificial intelligence, which is being proffered as a potential solution to the workforce shortage, finding that…
- 66% reported using AI on a daily or weekly basis.
- 23% expected AI to boost their compensation within the next year.
- 67% thought that doctors who stay current with AI tools will have an earnings advantage over physicians who don’t.
The Takeaway
The new Doximity physician survey showed that despite workload challenges, radiology remains one of the best-compensated physician specialties. It also highlights physicians’ changing attitudes toward AI, as what was once seen as a competitive force is now viewed as a complementary and even beneficial technology for doctors.
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Eliminate paper-based workflows while improving radiologist productivity and overall clinical report quality with eForms from Altamont Software. eForms also frees technologists from the time-consuming process of completing and scanning paper worksheets into the PACS.
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Excellent Workflow and Quality Images
HCA Healthcare – the largest health system in the U.S. – named Philips its sole-source supplier for diagnostic X-ray under a five-year agreement. Learn more about the workflow and image quality behind this new alliance.
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Making a Difference For Pediatric Patients and Families
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- RP’s Global Teleradiology Bid: Radiology Partners plans to expand its teleradiology footprint internationally by acquiring global teleradiology provider Everlight Radiology. Everlight employs over 800 radiologists in 40 countries under a “follow the sun” model in which an urgent study generated overnight in one market is read by a radiologist in another during daylight hours. The acquisition complements RP’s U.S.-based vRad teleradiology business, and also creates an opportunity for deployment of IT solutions from its Mosaic Clinical Technologies business. Closing is expected in the next few months.
- Study Questions CAC’s Predictive Power: Measurements of coronary artery calcium (CAC) from CT scans have been lauded as a good tool for predicting future cardiovascular disease. But a new study in JAMA suggests limits to CAC’s predictive power. Researchers added CAC scores to the existing PREVENT-ASCVD model of 10-year CVD risk, finding that in 6.1k people, CAC only “modestly improved” the model’s performance. CAC scores were most useful for those at borderline or intermediate CVD risk, and may not be needed in low-risk people.
- Variations in Radiology Workload: If you’ve ever been slammed by an overwhelming worklist, you know that the average radiologist’s workload can vary significantly. But why? Researchers examined the reasons in a new paper in Academic Radiology, analyzing 1.25M radiology reports generated over two years. Workload varied the most in pediatric and cardiothoracic radiology, while neuroradiology and emergency radiology were the most stable despite high overall workload. Neuroradiology and emergency radiology had high variability during early-morning shift transitions, while other divisions varied later in the day.
- Early-Riser Resident Helps Clear Cases: Put on another pot of coffee. To better manage the exchange between overnight radiology residents and the regular day shift, Johns Hopkins implemented an “early riser resident” shift from 5 am to 1 pm to help read emergency and inpatient body CT scans first interpreted by overnight residents under indirect supervision. In a paper in Academic Radiology, they found that the system helped reduce the percentage of cases that attending physicians later flagged as possible misses (from 1.28% to 0.92%).
- MRI Predicts Early-Stage Alzheimer’s: New research is confirming MRI’s ability to predict brain changes that can indicate early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. Writing in Neurology, researchers scanned 227 people ages 40 to 64, finding that those who developed early-onset Alzheimer’s had greater – and quantifiable – shrinkage in parts of the brain associated with memory and thinking. And as brain atrophy rose, odds of converting to a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s were higher. The findings track with a study earlier this month on MRI’s power in predicting cognitive impairment.
- Rising Cost of Stroke Imaging: Medical imaging is increasingly used to manage stroke patients, but reperfusion rates are stagnant – suggesting imaging overuse. Researchers found that over six years, code stroke activations rose 2X (from 133 to 298 cases) while the cost per patient of imaging utilization rose 4X (from $3.7k to $16.2k) and overall annual costs also rose (from $70.6k to $259.3k). But the number of patients getting IVT or EVT fell (from 19 to 16), as did treatment yield (14% to 5.4%).
- ARRT’s Newly Created Credential: Getting started in MR may have just gotten easier with ARRT’s newest credential: Imaging Assistant, Magnetic Resonance. The entry-level position won’t involve scanning patients, but I.A.(MR)(ARRT)-certified staff will help with patient safety and positioning along with contrast administration. Applications became available last week and will remain open until mid-October for individuals aged 18+ years with a GED or high school diploma. As the radiologic technologist shortage continues to increase, this new credential could help create a new RT pipeline.
- Roon Adds Radiology Community: Look out, Doximity? Online physician network Roon has added a dedicated area for radiology, and has signed up a dozen radiologist luminaries to help. Roon bills itself as a sort of digital physician lounge where clinicians can engage in peer-to-peer debate and exchange knowledge, and early radiology adopters include Elliot Fishman, MD; Amy Patel, MD; Lincoln Berland, MD; and Victoria Chernyak, MD. Learn more about Roon from coverage on our Digital Health Wire sister site.
- Stealing X-Ray Secrets: A former engineer at Philips Medical Systems was convicted of stealing secrets related to CT X-ray tube technology and selling them to a Chinese competitor. A federal jury in Chicago convicted Chih-Yee Jen of stealing confidential Philips documents from the company’s Dunlee plant in Aurora, Illinois and sharing them with Kunshan GuoLi Electronic Technology. Jen’s sentencing has been set for January 2027, while two other former Philips engineers who Jen recruited have pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in December.
- CliniComp’s EHR Viewer Clearance: EHR company CliniComp received FDA clearance for viewer software that gives clinicians access to diagnostic-quality medical images within its New Era EHR. Thanks to the clearance, clinicians will no longer have to use separate IT systems to access patient records and diagnostic images, and with CliniComp’s AI capabilities, users can correlate imaging exams with clinical data like lab results, vital signs, medications, and patient history.
- Sectra Teaches in Ontario: Sectra is partnering with Loyalist College to bring its education portal to Ontario, Canada for the first time. The cloud-based platform debuted in 2020 but has maintained its success beyond the online era of the pandemic, with Sectra releasing an updated version in 2022. What kept it popular? Some key features, like 3D anatomical visualizations and a real patient case library which enables collaborations with local health systems.
- AI for Breast MRI in the Works: An Israeli company developing AI for breast MRI exams scored a milestone in its path to commercialization. PinkStar signed an agreement with Mount Sinai Health System in New York City covering data sharing and training of its algorithm, which it is developing to provide decision support at the point of breast MRI interpretation. PinkStar hopes its AI will enable earlier lesion detection, reduce biopsies, and support better interpretation efficiency and consistency.
- Carebot Lands National AI Deployment: Czech AI developer Carebot received a contract to deploy its AI solutions for mammography and chest X-ray throughout Poland. Carebot will work with Polish healthcare IT integration firm Synektik to deploy AI to nearly 400 hospitals in the country as part of a national tender with a total value of €35M. Carebot is highlighting the deployment as one of the first in Europe to roll out AI on a national scale, rather than through contracts with individual health systems.
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Advancing Enterprise Imaging With IntelePACS
Watch this on-demand webinar to learn how IntelePACS from Intelerad helps radiology groups, hospitals, and health systems simplify imaging workflows through a scalable, enterprise-ready platform.
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A New Resource for Radiology Jobs
Check out the new Job Boards from Medality to gain access to newly posted positions for radiologists, residents, and fellows. If you’re an employer, post your first job for free to reach Medality’s network of over 40,000 monthly users.
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Reporting Is Radiology’s Next Transformation
While AI’s role in diagnostic imaging is well-established, one part of the workflow has remained largely unchanged despite its central role: the report. Read this article from DeepHealth to learn more about radiology’s next transformation.
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- Yale New Haven Health Looks to Rad AI for Modern Reporting: Yale New Haven Health is deploying Rad AI solutions across its imaging network, spanning more than 16 outpatient imaging centers and five hospital campuses. Learn more.
- Looking to the Cloud to Simplify Enterprise Imaging: Check out this article to discover how Merge Imaging Suite helps healthcare organizations migrate to the cloud for reliable imaging, reduced IT complexity, and better patient care.
- Integrating Clinical Data with AI Echocardiography: Cardiac amyloidosis is an underdiagnosed yet treatable cause of heart failure in which timely diagnosis is essential to access life-prolonging therapies. Read this paper to learn how AI echo from Us2.ai can help clinicians make an early diagnosis.
- CAC Reimbursement for Routine Chest CT: The new Medicare code G0680 brings reimbursement for coronary artery calcium (CAC), enabling health systems to transform routine imaging into a proactive cardiovascular screening tool. Use Riverain’s customizable ROI calculator to demonstrate its potential financial impact on your operations.
- Why Radiology Reporting Needs a Reset: Radiologists are under growing pressure, yet many reporting tools still slow them down. Kailo Medical believes reporting should support clinical thinking, not add to the workload. Discover how their KailoAir solution can help you reset your reporting.
- Redefining Breast Imaging in the Enterprise Era: As breast imaging grows more complex, radiology teams need more than siloed tools. Watch this on-demand webinar hosted by AGFA HealthCare about transforming breast imaging workflows in the enterprise imaging era.
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- A New Solution for Radiology Reporting: Sectra Reporting delivers a fully built-in, AI-enhanced reporting experience that seamlessly connects PACS imaging data and measurements through intuitive templates. Discover how it can meet your needs today.
- How to Choose Between Tableside and Remote Fluoroscopy: Need help deciding whether tableside or universal remote fluoroscopy is right for you? This whitepaper from Siemens Healthineers may be able to put things in perspective.
- Leveraging AI-Powered Discovery for Image Exchange: Southwest Medical Imaging, a premier physician-owned radiology practice in the southwestern U.S., partnered with Medicom to streamline their workflow. Discover how they utilize Medicom’s AI-powered Smart Search, which leverages an LLM to automatically detect and surface imaging data, to eliminate manual searching and accelerate patient care.
- Why Optimize Workflow When You Can Transform Operations? SWO goes beyond traditional orchestration by simultaneously optimizing multiple dimensions of radiology performance – delivering improvements across a breadth of outcomes that conventional workflow solutions were never designed to address.
- Radiology Automation Simplified: CARPL is an enterprise-grade radiology AI validation and deployment platform with 250+ AI applications across 85+ AI vendors that empowers healthcare providers to access, assess, and securely integrate imaging AI in their practice. Book a demo today.
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- Built for Today’s Demanding ORs: The Persona C HR mobile C-arm from Fujifilm Healthcare Americas combines high-power performance, ultra-low-dose imaging, and surgeon-friendly control – all in a lightweight, spacious design. Discover its advantages today.
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