Balancing High Clinical Volumes and Non-RVU Generating Activities in Radiology, Part ll: Future Directions

Parisa Mazaheri; Gary J Whitman; Ariadne K DeSimone; Pablo R Ros; Gregory D Avey; Mohiuddin Hadi; Jay P Narula; Clinton R Williamson; George Vilanilam; Vahid Yaghmai

doi:10.1016/j.acra.2024.11.007

Balancing High Clinical Volumes and Non-RVU Generating Activities in Radiology, Part ll: Future Directions

Acad Radiol. 2024 Dec 5:S1076-6332(24)00852-3. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2024.11.007. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA (P.M.). Electronic address: pmazaheri@wustl.edu.
² Department of Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA (G.J.W.).
³ Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (A.K.D.).
⁴ Department of Radiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA (P.R.R.).
⁵ Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (G.D.A.).
⁶ Department of Radiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA (M.H.).
⁷ Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA (J.P.N.).
⁸ INTEGRIS Health, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA (C.R.W.).
⁹ Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA (G.V.).
¹⁰ Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA (V.Y.).

PMID: 39643465
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2024.11.007

Abstract

The Radiology Research Alliance (RRA) of the Association of Academic Radiology (AAR) creates task forces to study emerging trends shaping the future of radiology. This article highlights the findings of the AAR-RRA Task Force on Balancing High Clinical Volumes and non-relative value unit (Non-RVU)-Generating Activities. The Task Force's mission was to evaluate and emphasize the value of non-RVU-generating activities that academic radiologists perform. The work of this Task Force is presented in two separate manuscripts: Part I outlines the current landscape, while this manuscript, Part II, explores future directions for academic radiology departments seeking a better balance between high clinical workloads and non-RVU-generating opportunities for their faculty.

Keywords: Academic radiology; Academic time; Nonclinical activities; Relative value unit; Value.