title: Preventing another group from displacing your practice: perspectives from the 2010 AMCLC.
abstract: Most hospital-based radiology practices have enjoyed stable long-term relationships with the institutions they serve. Recently, however, an increasing number of hospitals have replaced established radiologists. In some cases, the incoming group provides only a small number of on-site radiologists and uses long-distance teleradiology for the bulk of image interpretations. Such technology, along with changing market forces, places many practices at risk. A number of strategies to maintain and foster long-term service relationships were discussed by the ACR Council and are reviewed herein.
authors.affiliation: College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, USA. harolds112@cox.net
authors.forename: Jay A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Harolds
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Duszak
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Strax
authors.forename: Brad
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Short
authors.forename: Alan D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Kaye
mesh_terms: D004465:Economic Competition / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006739:Hospital Administration; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D011331:Private Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011871:Radiology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States