Turf battles rock radiology.

CEOs tell Hospitals magazine that imaging is a major area of expansion for their hospitals. But radiology is in a state of transition. Technological advances have made it possible to do more radiological procedures in the physician's office. This situation has created competition--and tension--between physicians in the same community, physicians and hospitals, and physicians on the same medical staff. How can you avoid costly turf wars at your hospital? Health care executives and directors of medical affairs say that the answer to this realignment of specialties is to create integrated teams of medical specialists.