Radiology Practice Environment: Options, Variations, and Differences—A Report of the ACR Commission on Human Resources

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Radiology Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 352 - 358
• Main Authors: Dutton, Sharon C., MD, MPH, Sze, Gordon K., MD, Lund, Philip L., MD, Bluth, Edward I., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2014
• Subjects: Employment - organization & administration; Models, Organizational; Organizational Culture; physician autonomy; Physicians - organization & administration; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - organization & administration; Private Practice - organization & administration; Radiology; Radiology - organization & administration; Radiology practice environment; subspecialty radiology; United States; United States; Radiology practice environment; subspecialty radiology; physician autonomy
• ISSN: 1546-1440; 1558-349X
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2013.12.025

Radiologists today practice in diverse environments in addition to the traditional private practice model. Practice environments are evolving at a rapid rate, and the ACR Commission on Human Resources previously detailed the distribution of radiologists in practice in its workforce survey. Here, the commission describes the key practice options available and illustrates important differences in physician autonomy, efficiency, productivity, and subspecialty versus general practice among the practice environments. These attributes can in turn be useful to radiologists in deciding what type of work environment to seek.