Radiologist Database: How Imaging and Teleradiology Companies Reach 54,814 Radiologists

The radiologist database contains 54,814 records for diagnostic and interventional radiologists across all 50 states and DC. It is a smaller, more specialized file than the general physician list, and the companies that buy it tend to sell into imaging: equipment makers, software vendors, teleradiology providers, and staffing firms.

What is in the radiologist database

Each record includes the radiologist's NPI number, practice address, phone number, fax number, radiology specialty taxonomy, license number, and credential. The specialty taxonomy lets you separate diagnostic radiology from interventional radiology and other subspecialties, which matters because an interventional device vendor and a reporting software vendor are not chasing the same person.

Who uses it and why

Imaging equipment and contrast agent suppliers use the file to map where radiologists practice by region so field reps can plan coverage. PACS, reporting, and workflow software vendors use it to find groups and practices that may be evaluating new tools. Teleradiology and locum staffing companies use it in the opposite direction, to find radiologists who could take overflow reads or coverage shifts.

One thing to know before you write outreach

Many radiologists work inside hospital departments or large radiology groups, so the person who signs off on a purchase is often a group leader, a department chair, or an administrator rather than the individual radiologist. That does not make the list less useful. It means your first goal is usually to identify the practice and reach the right decision maker, and the practice address and phone number in each record are the way in.

Where the radiologists are

California has the most radiologists in the database with 5,988, followed by New York with 3,984, Texas with 3,757, and Florida with 3,586. Those four states hold about 32 percent of the national file, which makes them natural first territories. Smaller states still have meaningful counts, and you can start with a single state file before committing to national coverage.

Getting started

If your product is built for hospital imaging departments, start with the state where your best reference customer already is and look at the radiologists around it. If it is aimed at independent imaging centers, filter the practice addresses by metro area first. You can browse the radiologist database, see how the underlying NPPES data works, or read how healthcare software companies use provider data for ideas on segmentation.