Diagnostic Imaging February 13, 2025
Reviewing current and emerging trends in imaging utilization and the impact of attrition rates and radiology residency positions on the field, researchers explore the future of radiology with two new provocative studies.
Researchers estimate a nearly 27 percent increase in imaging utilization over the next 30 years. However, if current attrition rates in the radiology field persist without growth in radiology residency positions, the same researchers suggest the radiology workforce will be “substantially smaller” than it is now.
In two new studies, recently published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, researchers offer projections on future imaging utilization and the state of the radiology workforce based on different scenarios of residency position growth or lack thereof, and attrition...