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ARLM awards 1st certificates
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Academy of Radiology Leadership and Management (ARLM) has awarded its first certificates of achievement to Drs. Amilcare Gentili and Lisa H. Lowe.
October 3, 2012
SNMMI issues I-131 guidelines
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has issued an updated practice guideline on the treatment of thyroid cancer patients with iodine-131 (I-131) in the October issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
October 1, 2012
MITA lobbies Congress to maintain helium reserve
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has written a letter to Congress urging policymakers to keep the Federal Helium Reserve operational to avoid a major supply crisis early in 2013.
October 1, 2012
LCA asks states to adopt low-dose CT screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) has concluded its nationwide campaign to urge state health officials to include coverage for low-dose CT screening for those at risk for lung cancer in their benchmark health plans.
September 27, 2012
ACR, AAPM, SIIM release practice guidelines
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR), the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), and the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) have teamed to release practice guidelines for digital radiography, the electronic practice of medical imaging, and determinants of image quality in digital mammography.
September 27, 2012
Nuclear medicine pioneer Dr. Henry Wagner passes away
By Wayne Forrest
Dr. Henry Wagner Jr., a pioneer in the field of nuclear medicine and past president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, died on September 25 at the age of 85. Wagner is credited as being one of the founders of nuclear medicine as a scientific and medical specialty.
September 25, 2012
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Philips participates in Clinton Global Initiative
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare said that the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting is highlighting Asha Jyoti, a collaborative mobile women's healthcare outreach program established by Rad-Aid International, Philips, and the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research.
September 24, 2012
Radisphere teams with National Rural Health Association
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology services provider Radisphere has formed a partnership with the National Rural Health Association to bring its radiology services to the rural hospital community.
September 24, 2012
HIMSS promotes need for national patient ID study
By Cynthia E. Keen
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has recommended to the U.S. Congress that it should conduct a study to identify an appropriate nationwide patient data matching strategy.
September 24, 2012
ONC publishes draft test procedures for image results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has posted a third wave of draft test procedures, applicable tools, and test data files for the 2014 edition of electronic health record certification criteria mandated by the stage 2 final meaningful use rule.
September 24, 2012
ONC's Reider will keynote ACR informatics summit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) announced that Dr. Jacob Reider, acting chief medical officer of the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), will deliver the keynote address at its forthcoming imaging informatics summit being held in Washington, DC, next month.
September 24, 2012
ACR vice chair bashes political animosity against radiology
By James Brice
Radiology has been to the mountaintop, and it has been paying a political price for it ever since, according to Dr. Bibb Allen Jr., vice chair of the American College of Radiology's (ACR) Board of Chancellors.
September 24, 2012
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