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Practicing at vRad

Remote radiologist jobs with flexible schedules, equitable pay, and the most advanced reading platform. Discover teleradiology at vRad.

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Well-Being & Burnout Support

Radiologist well-being matters. Explore how vRad takes action to prevent burnout with expert-led, confidential support through our partnership with VITAL WorkLife. Helping radiologists thrive.

Radiologist & vRad Stories

Visit the vRad blog for radiologist experiences at vRad, career resources, and more.

Resident & Fellow Resources

vRad provides radiology residents and fellows with free radiology education resources for ABR boards, noon lectures, and CME.

Teleradiology Services

Teleradiology services leader since 2001. See how vRad AI is helping deliver faster, higher-quality care for 50,000+ critical patients each year.

Breast Imaging

Subspecialist care for the women in your community. 48-hour screenings. 1-hour diagnostics. Comprehensive compliance and inspection support.

Stroke Imaging

vRad’s stroke protocol auto-assigns stroke cases to the top of all available radiologists’ worklists, with requirements to be read next.

Trauma Imaging

vRad’s unique teleradiology workflow for trauma studies delivers consistently fast turnaround times—even during periods of high volume. 

Clinical and Tech Support

vRad’s Operations Center is the central hub that ensures imaging studies and communications are handled efficiently and swiftly.

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Faster Care for Critical Patients

vRad is delivering faster radiology turnaround times for 40,000+ critical patients annually, using four unique strategies, including AI.

High Quality Patient Care

Higher-Quality Care

vRad is developing and using AI to improve radiology quality assurance and reduce medical malpractice risk.

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Radiology Platform Solution

Now you can power your practice with the same fully integrated technology and support ecosystem we use. The vRad Platform.

vRad AI

Since developing and launching our first model in 2015, vRad has been at the forefront of AI in radiology.

Free On-Demand CME

Since 2010, vRad Radiology Education has provided high-quality radiology CME. Open to all radiologists, these 15-minute online modules are a convenient way to stay up to date on practical radiology topics.

Spring CME Conference

Join vRad’s annual spring CME conference, featuring top speakers and practical radiology topics.

Resident & Fellow Resources

vRad provides radiology residents and fellows with free radiology education resources for ABR boards, noon lectures, and CME.

vRad Research

Academically oriented radiologists love practicing at vRad too. Check out the research published by vRad radiologists and team members.

About Our Practice

Learn how vRad revolutionized radiology and has been at the forefront of innovation since 2001.

Our Culture

Our Culture

Explore vRad’s award-winning culture and what it’s like to work at vRad.

Leadership

Meet vRad’s executive and medical leaders.

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Blog

Visit the vRad blog for radiologist experiences at vRad, career resources, and more.

vRad News

News

Get the latest news from vRad and top stories over the years.

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Team Member Careers

Ready to be part of something meaningful? Explore team member careers at vRad.

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Video Library

Explore our practice’s reading platform, breast imaging program, AI, and more. Plus, hear from vRad radiologists about what it’s like to practice at vRad. 

High Quality Patient Care

Higher-Quality
Radiology Care

Your patients are in good hands. All vRad radiologists participate in the most comprehensive, AI-supported quality assurance program in radiology.

99.87% Accuracy
Surpassing National Benchmarks

vRad’s accuracy rate of 99.87% has remained consistently high for many years. With just 1.3 major misses per 1,000 reads, our error rate is lower than published benchmarks like the Wilson Wong study (JACR, 2005).

Mistakes happen in healthcare. Minimizing them or catching them early can significantly reduce the impact on patient care.


Not Just a Box-Checking Exercise
vRad QA

Since 2004, vRad’s Quality Assurance (QA) Program has focused on real performance improvement. Peer reviews and standardized discrepancy coding provide each radiologist with personalized but objective feedback.

vRad QA is central to our mission of delivering exceptional care.

Potential discrepancies are identified through client submission and vRad’s routine internal review, which overreads 2% of final interpretations. Clients submit cases via our online QA portal.

Discrepancy cases are reviewed by the interpreting radiologist plus at least one member of the QA Committee, ensuring a thorough and standardized assessment.

Clients are promptly notified of QA submissions, with clear updates on the case status. Case resolutions are communicated by fax or email and can be made verbally upon request.

Discrepancies are coded and standardized for benchmarking, with deidentified data accessible to clients for quality reviews and reporting.

  • Slight discrepancy with no effect on patient care
  • Minor discrepancy with possible effect on patient care
  • Major discrepancy

Radiologist performance is regularly reviewed using standardized, objective metrics to maintain excellence. Ongoing Professional Performance Evaluations (OPPE) and Focused Professional Performance Evaluations (FPPE) address issues as needed, driving high standards and accountability.

QA Committee

Led by Dr. Julie Shaffrey for more than two decades, vRad’s QA Committee is composed of top radiologists across subspecialties.

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Julie Shaffrey, MD

Director of Quality Assurance

Michael Novick, MD

Associate Director of Quality Assurance

Sara Banerjee, MD

Neuroradiology

Donald Bitto, MD

Nuclear Medicine

Yulia Bronstein, MD

Neuroradiology, Body Imaging

Kelcey Elsass, MD

General Radiology

Liat Kaplan, MD

Musculoskeletal

John Krol, MD

General Radiology

Joshua Morais, MD

Neuroradiology

Michael Rethy, MD

MSK

Christian VanKirk, MD

General Radiology

AI Quality Safety Net

vRad AI models for quality assurance augment our robust radiologist QA program. AI compares the radiology report to the images immediately after radiologist sign-off, flagging potential missed critical findings for rapid review by a QA radiologist. If an error is confirmed, a radiologist quickly notifies the care team to ensure patient safety and addends the report.

8 Pathologies

Aortic dissection, epidural lesion, ICH, pneumoperitoneum, pneumothorax, pulmonary embolism, splenic laceration, SMA occlusion

Identifying Errors

AI flags potential missed findings for QA radiologist review

2,000 Diagnostic Corrections

Catching diagnostic errors early enables rapid correction, reducing patient care impact

vRad AI

vRad is at the forefront of artificial intelligence for radiology—accelerating the speed and quality of care.

The Highest Standards

vRad Team Member Contact

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