You have had an imaging test "MRI, CT, PET CT, Ultrasound, Nuclear MEdicine, Mammogram, XRAY etc" and would have recieved a reprot from the radiologist who interpreted the test. A second opinion is getting a subspecailty radiologist to provide a second intepretation.
With DocPanel, a radiological second opinion is done by having one of our US-based, academic and fellowship trained, board certified subspecialty radiologists look at your scans to provide their opinion on the scans’ findings. The radiologist will assess your scans and the clinical documents you submit and provide their opinion using their expertise.
Should you have questions about your second opinion report, please email secondopinion@docpanel.com with specific questions about your report and we will get in contact with the radiologist who published your report.
DocPanel is proud to support numerous specialties including: breast imaging, women’s imaging, cardiovascular radiology, chest radiology, emergency radiology, gastrointestinal radiology, genitourinary radiology, musculoskeletal radiology, neuroradiology, pediatric radiology, nuclear radiology, and oncologic radiology.
If you are a radiologist interested in reading for DocPanel, please consult this page: https://www.docpanel.com/contact-us
For patients wanting a second opinion, please consult this page: https://consumerportal.docpanel.com/
Primary care physicians and specialist Physicians can also order 2nd Opinions. Please contact rob@docpanel.com
Patients do not need a request from a physician to obtain a second opinion from DocPanel.
Yes, all DocPanel radiologists are US-based specialty radiologists from a leading academic medical institution and a fellowship.
Radiology reports are not easy to understand. It is highly recommended and best to share the second opinion report with your doctor.
Accuracy is the backbone of DocPanel’s mission. DocPanel radiologists have trained at the best academic medical centers in the US, including at The Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Duke, Emory, and more. They are all fellowship-trained, which means they have extra specialization in a specific area of radiology.
Learn more about the importance of having your scans read by a subspecialty radiologist.
No, DocPanel will not share your results with any other entities. You will, however, be given a report that you can share with any of your doctors.
To get a second opinion, you simply make an account to submit your scans and relevant clinical documents. Scan Types include X-Ray, MRI, CT, PET CT, Nuclear Medicine, Mammogram, Ultrasound.
Scans must be uploaded in their DICOM format (.dcm file extension) from the files you receive from your imaging provider (either from a disc, thumb drive, or downloaded from a portal). Radiologists cannot provide a report based on pictures of JPEG formats.
Once you have uploaded your scans and documents, you can move forward in selecting your chosen radiologists or have DocPanel select your radiologist for no additional charge. You will then be prompted for payment information.
Payments are processed once the radiologist has published your second opinion report. Once the report is published, you will receive an email with a link to your published report to the same email you registered for DocPanel with.
If you are facing a challenging or difficult diagnosis or treatment, you may want to double check your results. Sometimes radiologists over- or under-diagnose or even mis diagnose the findings in your images.
Many times treatment protocols are determined by the results of your radiology report.
A specialty radiologist dedicated to your particular problem or concern may not have read your exam. Specialty radiologists have been shown to have greater accuracy. In fact studies show that there is 30-35% increase in accuracy when a specialty radiologist provides a report.
Understanding your options is crucial when navigating through difficult health decisions.
If you are in a situation where you feel confused or concerned about your diagnosis and treatment plan, or have questions regarding your findings, then seeking a second opinion can provide you more clarity.
A second opinion can provide a different outlook on your scan OR confirm the original opinion provided by your first radiologist.
To learn more, check out our article on 5 Signs You Should Get a Second Opinion.
DocPanel supports the following scan types for submission: MRI, MRA, CT, CTA, PET-CT, Nuclear Medicine, X-Ray, Mammogram, and Ultrasound. All scans must be uploaded in the DICOM format (.dcm file extension) on our portal for one of our radiologists to provide an opinion.
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Nuclear Medicine and PET CT Second Opinions
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Cardiac Imaging Second Opinions
The price for a second opinion report is $199 for one scan and body part.
If you submit multiple scans of different body parts that each have their own individual report, there will be an additional cost.
Our radiologists are all US-based, board certified, fellowship trained, and academic radiologists spanning fifteen (15) subspecialties. Our radiologists come from academic institutions such as Harvard University, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, and University of California San Francisco (UCSF), to name a few.
Once your scans have been submitted, you can expect to have your second opinion report published in 1 -3 business days. Report publishing may take an extra business day during weekends and holidays.
It is best to have all of your scan files and relevant clinical documentation on the same computer. You can create your DocPanel account on our website here.
DocPanel assigns cases to radiologists based on state licensure rules and the radiologist’s subspecialty. DocPanel prides itself on matching your case with the right, expert radiologist.
