Did you know hospitals are outsourcing Radiologists?

[KRL]

LOL, if you go to a hospital and get an X-RAY diagnosed during the night shift odds are its going to be done by an offshore Radiologist 8,000 miles away.

The big countries supplying US hospitals radiology services by telecom and the Net are India, Lebanon, Israel, and Australia.

In India, Radiologists make $35K a year compared to $350K a year for a US Radiologist.

Do they tell you this? Nope. Do you get a passed along price savings on your hospital bill? Nope.

[Juicy D. Links]

I had my plastic surgery done offshore also

wow, you learn something new every day

[KRL]

Originally posted by bdjuf
wow, you learn something new every day

The main problem is there is a huge shortage of Radiologists in the US and the ones that work the day shift don't want to be woken up all night long anymore.

[pornpf69]

in Brasil we dont have that problem...

[aceman]

pretty old news

[Brown Bear]

Radiologists earn $350k a year?

[Brown Bear]

http://swz.salary.com/salarywizard/l...C07000062.html

The median expected salary for a typical Physician - Radiology in the United States is $265,078.

[Peaches]

One of my best friends is a radiologist. He's been getting his "work" sent to him at home for at least 7 years. I would assume it's just as easy to send the pictures to India.

Look around the hospitals - a lot of Indians there. Might as well get their expertise for 1/10th the price of having them in the states

[the Shemp]

http://www.surfindia.com/handehospital/homepage.htm

[KRL]

Originally posted by the Shemp
http://www.surfindia.com/handehospital/homepage.htm

Good find.

[jay23]

Originally posted by KRL
LOL, if you go to a hospital and get an X-RAY diagnosed during the night shift odds are its going to be done by an offshore Radiologist 8,000 miles away.

The big countries supplying US hospitals radiology services by telecom and the Net are India, Lebanon, Israel, and Australia.

In India, Radiologists make $35K a year compared to $350K a year for a US Radiologist.

Do they tell you this? Nope. Do you get a passed along price savings on your hospital bill? Nope.

Well the US doctor still has to do a final sign off, but by sending to India their work is cut out. Example. For a Brest cancer scan, radiologist have to look at the image for about 10 min, but they can send that to India and a Indian radiologist can make a mark on the x-ray where tumor is and send it back to the US radiologist who can sign off on it, max time 1-2 min for the guy in US. Radiologist get paid about 50 dollars for each reading, so now instead of doing 10 readings, they end up doing 50 - 60 and make 2-3K an hour...not a bad income.

My wife is a doctor and she is Indian. In Indian family one kid has to be a doctor always and since I was a kid my parents pushed me and my brother to become a doctor, since we both did not full fill their wishes we ended up marrying doctors. So this explains why 35% of the doctors in US are Indians

Jay



Jay

[Rhesus]

A radiologist doesn't make $350k a year, that may be his budget though.

[KRL]

Originally posted by Rhesus
A radiologist doesn't make $350k a year, that may be his budget though.

Do you guys research things before you speak?

I do.

http://www.rsna.org/publications/rsn.../salary-1.html

A new survey by the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) shows diagnostic radiologists in group practices remain among the highest-paid specialists in the United States. Not only did diagnostic radiologists enjoy strong compensation increases in 2003, but also, over the past four years, they have seen larger percentage and dollar increases than any of the other 27 medical specialties studied.

In 2003 the median compensation for a diagnostic interventional radiologist was $410,250?the second highest in the survey. Cardiac/thoracic surgeons took the top spot at $416,896. In 2002, median income for a diagnostic interventional radiologist was at $401,000, slightly higher than the $400,500 reported for cardiac/thoracic surgeons.

Diagnostic non-interventional radiologists maintained fifth-ranked status in median compensation in 2003 at $345,619, behind catheter lab cardiologists ($368,938) and orthopedic surgeons ($354,495).

[jay23]

Originally posted by KRL
Do you guys research things before you speak?

I do.

http://www.rsna.org/publications/rsn.../salary-1.html

A new survey by the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) shows diagnostic radiologists in group practices remain among the highest-paid specialists in the United States. Not only did diagnostic radiologists enjoy strong compensation increases in 2003, but also, over the past four years, they have seen larger percentage and dollar increases than any of the other 27 medical specialties studied.

In 2003 the median compensation for a diagnostic interventional radiologist was $410,250?the second highest in the survey. Cardiac/thoracic surgeons took the top spot at $416,896. In 2002, median income for a diagnostic interventional radiologist was at $401,000, slightly higher than the $400,500 reported for cardiac/thoracic surgeons.

Diagnostic non-interventional radiologists maintained fifth-ranked status in median compensation in 2003 at $345,619, behind catheter lab cardiologists ($368,938) and orthopedic surgeons ($354,495).

Radiologist are one of the highest paid becuase their are less of them. Basically the medical board decids how many radiologist fellowships are offered so we have less radiologist in US also its one of the most competitve fields to get into. We have a family friend who makes 1M+

Jay

[Persius]

Originally posted by Rhesus
A radiologist doesn't make $350k a year, that may be his budget though.

No they do

and even more know someone in the field