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"The radiologist will be with you soon" also gets used pretty loosely in this article, since a radiologist is not someone you are likely to speak with. They sit
by CGMthrowaway 1y ago
"The radiologist will be with you soon" also gets used pretty loosely in this article, since a radiologist is not someone you are likely to speak with. They sit in their home office in Montana clicking through images all day, and send thru their diagnosis to a different practitioner at the office you are visiting.
- fred_is_fred 1y agoWhich means the field has a larger issue since they can just as easily sit in the Philippines or Brazil or India.
- seesthruya 1y agoThere's a reason they can't.
- lostlogin 1y agoWhy not? Where I work scans are reported overseas. The radiologists are qualified in the country they are reporting for however.
- seesthruya 1y agoOk, I should have been more clear. A radiologist practicing in the USA can live anywhere in the world, but they must be trained in the USA, licensed in the state(s) where they read from, credentialed at the hospitals or facilities they read from, and carry medical malpractice insurance. The point being, hospitals can't throw cheap Indian or Filipino radiologists at the worklist.
- jfengel 1y agoCan a certified radiologist farm out work to cheap assistants in other countries, and then put their stamp on the result?
- CGMthrowaway 1y agoNot sure about other countries, but RAs do outsource work to RRAs(1) and then sign the final product. This is relatively new as Medicare/Medicaid didn't recognize RRAs as mid-level practitioners until 2019. I suspect the answer is yes for ARRT-certified RRAs, but it will be state-specific (similar to the answer above about RAs). (1)https://www.arrt.org/pages/earn-arrt-credentials/credential-options/registered-radiologist-assistant https://www.arrt.org/pages/earn-arrt-credentials/credential-...
- seesthruya 1y agoThis is illegal, and you will go to jail if you do this with a Medicare or Medicaid patient and it is discovered.
- lostlogin 1y agoWhy? If they agree with it, is it that different to a software generate report that they sign?
- CamperBob2 1y agoSo what you're saying is they can, they just don't at the moment for temporary, localized legal reasons.