The ACR Mammography Case Review (MCR) Online improves physicians’ breast cancer detection skills by supplementing real world experience with electronic cases. This self-paced eLearning program features a state-of-the-art interface with an interactive image detection mechanism to enhance learning.
Image Wisely.org now offers online educational materials for fluoroscopy, computed tomography and nuclear medicine exams. Fluoroscopy is the latest addition to Image Wisely®, which helps radiology providers optimize radiation dose and provide safe, effective imaging care.
A special issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) provides practical guidance on implementing radiology quality improvement projects. Topics include preplanning, gaining nonradiologist buy-in and strategies to influence referring physician ordering.
Advanced practice clinicians, such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants, are 34 percent more likely than primary care physicians to prescribe an imaging exam for patients, according to a Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Lung Cancer Awareness Month this year is different and may be the most significant in history. By Nov. 10, Medicare must rule on coverage for computed tomography (CT) lung cancer screening – the first and only test proven to reduce lung cancer deaths. If Medicare will fully cover this exam for seniors at high risk for the disease, we can complete the first major blow against the nation’s leading cancer killer.
Individuals and organizations providing or increasing access to quality radiological services for patients in low- to middle-income countries* and underserved areas of the United States are encouraged to apply for the American College of Radiology Foundation’s (ACRF) new Global Humanitarian Awards. Award applicants may either be self-nominated or nominated by a peer.
Jeffrey Shuren, MD, JD, director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and David R. Hunt, MD, FACS, medical director of patient safety and health IT adoption with the Office of the National Coordinator for the Department of Health and Human Services, will each deliver a keynote address at the 4th annual ACR Imaging Informatics Summit. The Summit, Oct. 29-30, 2014, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC, will address information technology and quality metrics issues that directly affect medical imaging practice and reimbursement.
Traditionally offered in print, the American College of Radiology’s (ACR) Continuous Professional Improvement (CPI) self-assessment program is now available in a convenient online format. The new online format is suited for Mac or PCs, iPads and other mobile devices.
Thirty percent of the nearly 40,000 women who will die from breast cancer in the next year* could have been helped if they had received a regular mammogram starting at age 40. And, for women looking to take charge of their breast health, MammographySavesLives.org is a good place to start. Mammography Saves Lives (MSL) is a public service campaign, which includes TV and radio public service announcements (PSAs) to encourage women, 40 and older, to get a regular mammogram, and helps them find an accredited center near them.
The October issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) focuses role of radiology and radiologists in evolving health care delivery systems, the quality and safety of radiological care worldwide as well as a variety of issues relating to clinical practice, practice management, health services and policy, and radiology education and training.
More than 60 patient advocacy and medical organizations have joined a coalition headed by the Lung Cancer Alliance, the American College of Radiology and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, in urging Medicare to cover low dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening for beneficiaries at high risk for lung cancer.
Exhibit sales are now open for ACR 2015™, the all-new annual meeting of the American College of Radiology (ACR), May 17–21, 2015, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC. This industrywide event — known as The Crossroads of Radiology — will bring together current and future radiology leaders for a unique program of idea exchange, knowledge building and networking that will shape radiology’s future.
Questions regarding effectiveness, infrastructure and cost effectiveness of low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening of those at high risk for lung cancer have now been answered. Medicare should rapidly provide full national coverage for these exams.
The September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) focuses on a variety of issues relating to clinical practice, practice management, health services and policy, and radiology education and training.
The evidence standard that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) used to approve Medicare coverage of a stool DNA colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test, under a new joint approval process with the Food and Drug Administration, should be applied to CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) and other CRC screening exams. In a new letter to CMS, the American College of Radiology urged that coverage criteria be transparent and consistently applied.
David C. Levin, MD, FACR, Sarah S. Donaldson, MD, FACR, and Richard L. Morin, PhD, FACR, are the 2014 recipients of the Radiology Leadership Institute® (RLI) Leadership Luminary Award. Levin, Donaldson and Morin were recognized at the recent RLI Leadership Summit held at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass.
Radiology professionals who want to grow and develop as leaders in today’s dynamic health care environment will embark on a unique, three-day leadership challenge at the Radiology Leadership Institute® (RLI) Expedition Feb. 13¬–15, 2015, at the OMNI Dallas Hotel. The RLI Expedition will provide a radiology-specific, scenario-based learning experience that will enable attendees to put new leadership skills immediately into practice. The RLI was awarded a grant to support the Expedition by The Physicians Foundation, a national nonprofit that seeks to advance the work of practicing physicians and help facilitate the delivery of health care to patients.
Founding members Robert J. Stanley, MD, FSCBTMR, and John Haaga, MD, FSCBTMR, have been selected as the first recipients of the Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance (SCBT-MR) Gold Medal — the society’s highest honor. The presentation of medals will take place at SCBT-MR’s 37th annual meeting Sept. 27 – Oct. 1, 2014 in New Orleans.
The August issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) focuses on a variety of issues relating to clinical practice, practice management, health services and policy, and radiology education and training.
Anxiety regarding inconclusive cancer screening test results among some patients is real and is only natural. However, as evidenced by Gareen et al, published July 25 in Cancer, the incidence and effects of anxiety associated with false positive or other results of computed tomography (CT) lung cancer screening exams are far less than claimed by some in the medical community.
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is now accepting applications for the Bruce J. Hillman Fellowship in Scholarly Publishing. The fellowship is designed to provide a concentrated, two week experience in medical editing, journalism and publishing for an interested and qualified staff radiologist.
The July issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) focuses on a variety of issues relating to clinical practice, practice management, health services and policy, and radiology education and training.
Registration is now open for ACR 2015™ – the first American College of Radiology (ACR) all-member meeting – May 17-21, 2015, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. Former United States Secretary of State and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.) will deliver the event’s keynote address on leadership.
The American College of Radiology (ACR) applauds and supports today’s vote by the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates to “recommend that coverage of screening low-dose CT (LDCT) scans for patients at high risk for lung cancer by Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance be a required covered benefit.”
The June issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) focuses on a variety of issues relating to clinical practice, practice management, health services and policy, and radiology education and training.
The American College of Radiology National Radiology Data Registry™ has been recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a Qualified Clinical Data Registry for the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is now accepting applications for its new ACR Lung Cancer Screening Center program, which recognizes facilities committed to providing quality screening care to patients at the highest risk for lung cancer.
Tosteson et al shows that women experience short-term anxiety regarding test results and there are no measurable lasting health effects from a false-positive exam as some previously claimed. Anxiety does not equate to dying from breast cancer. The proven benefits of screening far outweigh any harm.
If breast cancer screening of all women were ended in the United States, as suggested in a recent NEJM article, 15,000 – 20,000 more women each year would die from breast cancer. Thousands more would endure extensive and expensive treatments than if their cancers were found early by a mammogram.
Image Wisely recently launched its third Image Wisely Radiation Safety Case — CT Brain Perfusion Dose Optimization.
Best-selling author and renowned business thinker Clayton M. Christensen, DBA, the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, will deliver the keynote address at the American College of Radiology’s Radiology Leadership Institute® 2014 RLI Leadership Summit.
According to the American College of Radiology and Society of Breast Imaging, recommendations in an upcoming JAMA article that breast cancer screening be based on risk would miss the overwhelming majority of breast cancers present in women and result in thousands of unnecessary deaths each year.
What may be first of their kind requirements included in the newly passed “Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014,” (H.R. 4302) would make health care more efficient, raise medical imaging quality, improve utilization accuracy and make physician payment policy more transparent.
The April issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) focuses on a variety of issues relating to clinical practice, practice management, health services and policy, and radiology education and training.
Radiology professionals who want to become successful leaders will take part in an immersive, dynamic program to help them overcome today’s health care business challenges at the 2014 Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) Leadership Summit, to be held Aug. 7–10, 2014, at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. Clayton M. Christensen, one of the world’s top experts in innovation and growth, will deliver the keynote address.
The American College of Radiology (ACR) strongly supports several provisions in the bipartisan “Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014,” introduced in the House of Representatives to ward off drastic Medicare provider reimbursement cuts mandated by the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) physician payment formula. The College particularly applauds inclusion of several ACR-backed provisions that raise medical imaging quality, enable more efficient care and increase transparency in physician payment policy.
Expert radiologists and representatives from the American College of Radiology (ACR); the American Society of Radiologic Technologists; the World Federation of Pediatric Imaging; the Society of Pediatric Radiology; the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound and the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography will gather in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 24–25, to provide a series of didactic lectures and hands-on ultrasound training at the third annual “Radiology Education Days.”
In a joint response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) National Coverage and Analysis Group, the Lung Cancer Alliance, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American College of Radiology (ACR) and 38 other medical organizations called on CMS to quickly provide national Medicare coverage of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening for patients at high risk for lung cancer.
Radiology residents and fellows who want to advance their careers through the innovative leadership training the Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) offers can now apply for one of five scholarships to attend the 2014 RLI Leadership Summit — formerly known as the RLI Annual Event. The Summit will be held Aug. 7–10 at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass.
To be published online Monday, March 3, a special issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) focuses on improving the safety of computed tomography (CT) exams through careful radiation dose optimization. The issue was guest edited by Rebecca Smith-Bindman, M.D., from the University of California San Francisco, and John M. Boone, Ph.D., from the University of California Davis.
Results of a randomized phase III clinical trial conducted by the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group determined that adding bevacizumab to initial treatment for glioblastoma did not improve patient overall survival or progression-free survival. Results appear in the Feb. 20, 2014 issue of the “New England Journal of Medicine.”
According to the American College of Radiology and Society of Breast Imaging, the recent breast cancer screening article (Miller et al) published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) (1) is an incredibly misleading analysis based on the deeply flawed and widely discredited Canadian National Breast Screening Study (CNBSS). The results of this BMJ study, and others resulting from the CNBSS trial, should not be used to create breast cancer screening policy as this would place a great many women at increased risk of dying unnecessarily from breast cancer.
The American College of Radiology (ACR) strongly supports the bicameral, bipartisan legislation to replace the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) payment formula. The College particularly applauds inclusion of several ACR backed provisions that raise quality of care, make care more efficient and increase transparency in physician payment policy.
Breast imagers worldwide now have access to the fifth edition of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS®) Atlas. The new edition is designed to improve patient care by serving as a comprehensive guide providing standardized breast imaging terminology, report organization, assessment structure, and a classification system for mammography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast.
According to the American College of Radiology and Society of Breast Imaging, the recent article (O’Donoghue et al) on the cost of breast cancer screening published in the Annals of Internal Medicine provides an incomplete picture of the costs vs. benefit of screening and is misleading.
The February issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) focuses on a variety of issues relating to clinical practice, practice management, health services and policy, and radiology education and training.
Image Wisely® recently launched its second Image Wisely Radiation Safety Case — a series of free, online and mobile-compatible educational offerings, developed with the assistance of the American College of Radiology, that allow radiologists, imaging technologists and medical physicists to assess their own understanding of important radiation safety concepts such as radiation dose monitoring and optimization. The second case is titled: Dose Management in Endovascular Image-Guided Neuro-Interventions.
The American College of Radiology (ACR) supports the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation (Grade B) for low-dose computed tomography (CT) lung cancer screening of adults aged 55 to 80 years who have a 30 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years. National Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NLST) results and other evidence show that CT lung cancer screening significantly reduces lung cancer deaths. The ACR is completing evidence-based infrastructure to help ensure patient access to uniform, quality care and a similar life-saving benefit to that shown in clinical trials.
The results of this ACRIN/NCI investigation published online in JAMA Internal Medicine suggest that up to 18 percent of cancers detected by LDCT may not have progressed enough to affect patient health if left undetected.
The lifesaving benefit of CT lung cancer screening significantly outweighs the comparatively modest overdiagnosis rate noted in a Dec. 9 JAMA Internal Medicine article. The ACR will continue guideline and appropriateness criteria creation to support such screening programs across the country.
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