Radiology residents and fellows wanting to understand the business of health care and develop thriving practices in new payment and delivery models may apply for scholarships to attend the 2016 Radiology Leadership Institute® (RLI) Summit.
The January Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) offers articles highlighting radiologists’ involvement in educating patients about mammography and making imaging safer for children.
The just-released ACR 2016 — The Crossroads of Radiology® program schedule delivers skill-building sessions to empower radiology professionals in the new business of valued-based care.
The American College of Radiology (ACR) applauds the House of Representatives for including access to imaging care protections for the most sick and injured of Medicare beneficiaries and women seeking mammograms in the House-passed Consolidated Appropriations Act.
A new free resource allows researchers to use Medicare and other payer claims databases to identify and meaningfully characterize medical imaging by noninvasive or invasive procedures, modality, body region and clinical focus.
A Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute (HPI) study has earned the Charles E. Gibbs Leadership Prize for the best paper published in Women's Health Issues in 2015.
The Radiology Support, Communication and Alignment NetworkTM (R-SCAN) new website presents an excellent opportunity to support to support health care providers in transitioning to value-based payment models.
The December Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) ends the year with articles concentrating on radiology’s value in the health care system.
ACR Assist™ enhances reporting systems with point-of-interpretation access to taxonomies, care pathways and algorithms, and classification and communication guidance to help radiologists produce structured, actionable reports in their natural workflow.
Nominations are being accepted for the 2016 Leadership Luminary Award, an annual program of the Radiology Leadership Institute® (RLI).
The eighth Image Wisely® Radiation Safety Case — C-arm Based Cone Beam CT in Interventional Radiology — is now available to help radiologists, imaging technologists and medical physicists assess their understanding of important radiation safety concepts — including dose monitoring and optimization.
Mythreyi Bhargavan Chatfield, PhD, has been named the new American College of Radiology Executive Vice President for quality and safety, effective Dec. 18. She succeeds Pamela A. Wilcox, RN, MBA, who will retire from the position after serving the College for 28 years.
Medicare coverage for virtual colonoscopy (known as CT colonography) can lower costs, increase colorectal cancer screening rates and save thousands more lives each year. A number of colorectal cancer care advocacy groups, representing millions of Americans, and the American College of Radiology (ACR) urge Congress to pass the CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act (S. 2262). The legislation would provide Medicare coverage for seniors who choose these screening exams and remove a financial barrier to care widely covered by private insurance.
Bioethicist Ezekiel J. (Zeke) Emanuel, MD, PhD, a former White House adviser who helped devise the Affordable Care Act (ACA), will deliver the keynote address at ACR 2016 — The Crossroads of Radiology®. In addressing “The Future of American Health Care: What Is the Role of Radiology?” Emanuel will provide advice for radiologists on how to adapt to the new health care environment, including responding to downward price pressure and focusing on patients with chronic conditions.
Pablo R. Ros, MD, MPH, PhD, FACR, the new physician-in-chief of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Education Center, will stress emerging modality training and program expansion to maintain the facility’s unique role for advanced skills and case-based training.
New and updated American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria™ help health care providers choose the most appropriate medical imaging exam, radiologic interventional procedure or radiation therapy for more than 1,050 clinical indications.
Exhibitor booth sales are underway for ACR 2016 — The Crossroads of Radiology® — a one-of-a-kind opportunity to showcase the best of the radiology industry.
On Sunday, Nov. 8, more than 100 medical societies around the world will join the American College of Radiology (ACR), Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), and European Society of Radiology (ESR), along with patients and their advocates, in recognizing the International Day of Radiology (IDoR).
he November Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) examines practice management issues, ranging from the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) to quality and safety in a radiation oncology department to a look at the impact of Imaging 3.0.
Dementia specialists and PET imaging providers can now register to participate in the Imaging Dementia – Evidence for Amyloid Scanning (IDEAS) Study at Ideas-Study.org.
Three radiology professionals will be recognized for their outstanding achievements, receiving 2016 Gold Medals from the American College of Radiology (ACR). The medals will be conferred May 15, 2016, during ACR 2016 —The Crossroads of Radiology®, the college’s annual meeting open to all of radiology.
The new Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) Blog serves as a conduit to encourage reader feedback on critical issues in the specialty.
The new peer-reviewed self-assessment CPI Breast Imaging Module 2015 contains ACR BI-RADS® newest quality and safety content for breast imagers as well as information on new American Cancer Society breast cancer screening guidelines.
The American College of Radiology Foundation (ACRF) contributed $10,000 to RAD-AID International to improve radiological care in Nepal.
As our shared goal is to save the most lives possible from breast cancer, the American College of Radiology (ACR) and Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) continue to recommend that women get yearly mammograms starting at age 40.
The American College of Radiology (ACR®) has revised the name of the Patient Experience Commission to the ACR Commission on Patient- and Family-Centered Care to better reflect the commission’s scope and purpose. The College also created a new resource section to help radiology providers transition to new quality-based alternative payment models.
Early-bird online registration is open for ACR 2016—The Crossroads of Radiology®, the American College of Radiology annual meeting open to all of radiology, May 15–19, 2016, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.
.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) reliance on obsolete data to omit CT colonography (known as virtual colonoscopy) from the list of recommended exams in their latest draft colorectal cancer (CRC) screening recommendations may be a significant blow to efforts to raise colorectal cancer screening rates.
Original abstracts showcasing ways to improve clinical skills, business practices and patient care are being accepted for ACR 2016—The Crossroads of Radiology®.
Studies in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) highlight efforts to improve patient care. Breast Cancer Awareness Month brings a commentary on breast imaging access and an article on molecular breast imaging radiation dose. Other articles focus on the use of CT colonography screening to provide concurrent osteoporosis screening and pulmonary rule-out criteria in the emergency department to reduce the use of CT pulmonary angiography.
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is one of 39 health care collaborative networks selected to participate in the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative, announced today by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell.
The American College of Radiology (ACR), Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) and major medical organizations experienced in breast cancer care continue to recommend that women start getting annual mammograms at age 40.
Medicare per beneficiary medical imaging spending has declined in nearly every state since 2006, according to a new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute (HPI) study published in the September 2015 issue of American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR).
Providers who care for patients with possible head injuries or who have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) can attend a free webinar on Oct. 21.
As a sponsor of the Sept. 22 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, the American College of Radiology (ACR) supports collaborative, patient-centered approaches to reduce diagnostic errors.
Julianna Czum, MD, is the first recipient of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Bruce J. Hillman Fellowship in Scholarly Publishing.
The September 2015 issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) highlights efforts to improve diversity in radiology, new ways of improving the radiology patient experience and digital breast tomosynthesis integration in every day practice.
According to the new 2015 Thomson Reuters ratings, the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) impact factor has increased 24 percent since 2014.
Leonard Berlin, MD, FACR, and Bruce J. Hillman, MD, FACR, are the 2015 recipients of the Radiology Leadership Institute® (RLI) Leadership Luminary Award. Leonard Berlin, MD, and Bruce J. Hillman, MD, are the 2015 recipients of the Radiology Leadership Institute® (RLI) Leadership Luminary Award. This award recognizes individuals who have elevated the RLI’s vision in radiology, embodying leadership and innovation in their actions and legacy.
The August 2015 issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) highlights radiation reduction efforts , radiology quality improvement steps and future cancer imaging.
The Radiology Leadership Institute® (RLI) is launching the Leadership Accelerator Series. This new series uses the latest techniques and proven methodologies from leading institutions to offer attendees a total educational experience, complete with networking, peer learning, and self-paced study
The July 2015 issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) highlights residency breast imaging training as it applies to tomosynthesis, the status of cancer imaging, and the quality and cost effect of patient movement during MRI.
The June 2015 issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) highlights radiology quality and utilization improvement, radiation reduction and steps toward more patient-centered care.
Adoption of draft US Preventive Services Task Force breast cancer screening recommendations would result in thousands of unnecessary deaths each year and may strip millions of women of insurance coverage for mammograms at the time of their choosing previously guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act .
Radiologists can earn American Board of Radiology Maintenance of Certification (MOC) credit, engage referring doctors and demonstrate value in new health care systems by using American College of Radiology (ACR) Value-Based Radiology Practice Quality Improvement (PQI) Project tools and resources.
The April issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) highlights radiology challenges and opportunities in evolving health care delivery systems and more widespread use of emerging medical technologies.
Patients with soft tissue sarcoma of an extremity treated with preoperative image-guided radiotherapy have fewer long-term side effects than a historical control group treated with preoperative, non-image-guided RT, according to results of a trial published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Ian Weissman, DO, is the first participant to complete all four levels of the Radiology Leadership Institute® program and earn a Certificate of Leadership Mastery™. He completed the program, including a practicum, through a series of live meetings, webinars and online courses.
According to a study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR), large majorities of primary care physicians believe that advanced medical imaging, such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET), provides considerable value to patient care.
Informatics and innovations sessions at ACR 2015™ can help radiology professionals overcome information technology (IT) challenges and support enterprise imaging initiatives as medicine moves from volume to value-based care. Early bird registration and abstract submission deadlines are approaching for ACR 2015™, the all-new American College of Radiology (ACR) annual meeting, May 17–21, 2015, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.
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