ACR Commission on Patient- and Family-Centered Care Announces New Population Health Management Committee

The American College of Radiology’s Commission on Patient- and Family-Centered Care (CPFCC) announced the formation recently of a new Population Health Management (PHM) Committee. Syed F. Zaidi, MD, is the chair of the new committee. McKinley...
10-Oct-2018 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

American College of Radiology Releases New Edition of ACR Appropriateness Criteria and Upgrades to Online Feedback Portal

The American College of Radiology (ACR) today released an update to the ACR Appropriateness Criteria®, which includes 179 diagnostic imaging and interventional radiology topics with 898 clinical variants covering more than 1,560 clinical scenarios....
1-Oct-2018 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

New JACR Study Shows Dense Breast Reporting Laws Significantly Increase Breast Density Awareness, Conversations Between Women and Physicians on Screening

The Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) and the nonprofits, Are You Dense, Inc. and Are You Dense Advocacy, Inc. today announced study results showing that dense breast reporting laws in the United States significantly increase...
27-Sep-2018 4:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Nelson Lung Cancer Screening Study Confirms NLST Results - Widespread Testing is Vital

The Nelson Study, presented at the IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer, showed that lung cancer screening in high-risk patients reduced lung cancer deaths by up to 44%. Wider screening is needed. Doctors must prescribe these exams. Medicare...
25-Sep-2018 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Patient Groups and Doctors Tell Congress to Pass Medicare Virtual Colonoscopy Coverage

Colorectal cancer care groups and the American College of Radiology are calling on Congress to pass the CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act (S.3465). The bipartisan bill introduced in the US Senate today would provide Medicare...
19-Sep-2018 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

ACR LI-RADS® Steering Committee Releases New Version of CT/MRI LI-RADS, Integrated into American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Guidance

The American College of Radiology Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS®) steering committee developed and approved a new version of CT/MRI LI-RADS (v2018), thus reaching a critical milestone of integration into the American Association...
13-Aug-2018 7:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

New, Revised ACR Practice Parameters and Technical Standards Cover 27 Radiology Topics

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has released four new and 23 revised documents in the 2018 Practice Parameters and Technical Standards.
25-Jul-2018 7:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Journal of the American College of Radiology Increases Impact Factor in 2017 Ratings

According to the newly released 2018 Journal Citation Report (JCR), the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) has achieved a 2017 Impact Factor of 3.383, a 16 percent increase over last year’s impact factor of 2.929. JACR is now...
24-Jul-2018 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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