RadsForVets was founded by Ranjan Jayanathan, previously CIO of the largest outpatient human imaging company in the United States, where roughly 1,100 radiologists read around 12 million studies a year. The company was built around one observation from that work: a report that arrives and then goes quiet leaves the clinician alone with the hard part.
The scale of that earlier work taught the lesson at volume: in a system reading millions of studies a year, the difference between a transaction and a conversation is visible everywhere, from how reports are structured to what happens when a clinician has one more question.
Where It Started
Reading a study and moving on is efficient for the reader. It is not efficient for the clinician holding the patient. The founding idea was that the radiologist should still be reachable once the report lands.
Reachable is a design commitment, not a courtesy. It shaped the platform so that the conversation lives on the case, the report leads with the conclusion, and the radiologist who read the study is the one who answers about it. Follow-through, in other words, is built rather than promised.
The Principle
A read is the start of a conversation. That single principle sets the report format, the communication model and the priority structure.
The principle also explains what the company is not. It is not a queue that returns documents, and the relationship it builds with a clinic is closer to a colleague on call than a vendor on file. Practices tend to notice the difference the first time a report prompts a question and the answer takes seconds.
How It Shows Up
- Reports lead with prioritized diagnoses and recommendations, followed by comprehensive findings.
- Real-Time Chat keeps the radiologist reachable in seconds on the case itself.
- Around 40% of reports include a short video walkthrough from the radiologist.
- Standard, STAT and Wet Read priorities are chosen case by case at submission.
None of those features is accidental. Each one is the principle converted into something a clinic can use on a case: the answer at the top of the report, the radiologist one message away, and a priority matched to what the shift is doing.
What It Asks of the Team
It asks radiologists to stay engaged after the report is filed, which is a different job from reading volume. Approximately 30 board-certified radiologists, spread globally, work that way, and the Operations Team keeps the surrounding workflow moving at every hour.
It also asks for patience with the parts of the work that do not scale on a dashboard: the follow-up question answered before the next read, the video recorded because showing beat telling. That is the job as RadsForVets defines it, and the team of roughly 30 radiologists worldwide is staffed for it at every hour.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions
What is the reporting philosophy behind RadsForVets?
That a read is the beginning of a conversation rather than the end of a transaction. The report leads with prioritized diagnoses and recommendations, and the radiologist stays reachable on the case.
Where did the idea come from?
Founder Ranjan Jayanathan was previously CIO of the largest outpatient human imaging company in the United States, and built RadsForVets around the follow-through he saw missing.
How does that show up in the product?
Impression-on-top reports, Real-Time Chat on every case, video walkthroughs on around 40% of reports, and three priorities chosen at submission.
Does it affect who reads a case?
Every case is read by an ACVR- or ECVDI-certified radiologist, whatever the priority.
How are questions after a report handled?
Through Real-Time Chat on the case, which reaches the radiologist in seconds.
How large is the radiology team?
Approximately 30 radiologists, spread globally.
Is the philosophy different for urgent cases?
No. A STAT or Wet Read case follows the same principle: prioritized answers first, and the radiologist still reachable on the case afterwards.
How does a clinic start working this way?
Onboarding with the Operations Team is designed to be finished within Week One, after which every case carries the report format, the chat and the three priorities.
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