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USPSTF names new leadership
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has changed its top leadership, with new physicians with backgrounds in family medicine, pediatrics, and geriatrics taking over the chair and co-vice chair positions.
March 13, 2011
Rad therapy groups plan Capitol Hill visit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Professional societies that represent radiation oncology service providers and cancer survivors are taking their case to Congress, sponsoring a briefing on March 31 for members of Congress and their staffs on the role of radiation oncology in the war on cancer.
March 13, 2011
Medical groups ask for changes to stage 2 'meaningful use'
By Cynthia E. Keen
The U.S. government should make major changes to its draft proposal for stage 2 meaningful use requirements for healthcare IT stimulus funding, according to comments submitted by the American Medical Association, the American College of Radiology, and 38 other specialty medical organizations.
March 10, 2011
SNM to collaborate with NCCN
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SNM has announced a collaboration with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) to advance research for cancer imaging and therapies.
March 9, 2011
NIH summit mulls methods to lower CT dose
By Eric Barnes
In the quest for the sub-mSv CT exam, a number of methods can be called upon to reduce CT dose, presenters said in a summit sponsored by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American College of Radiology, and the Coalition for Imaging and Bioengineering Research.
February 24, 2011
HIMSS reports record attendance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
This year's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting in Orlando, FL, has broken records for attendance, HIMSS announced.
February 22, 2011
NIH, ACR to host CT dose summit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is joining forces with the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Washington, DC-based Coalition for Imaging and Bioengineering Research to hold a summit on CT dose management on February 24 and 25.
February 21, 2011
USP details proposed changes to PET drug production standards
By Wayne Forrest
The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) on February 21 outlined a series of new quality assurance standards for the production and compounding of PET drugs that would cover responsibilities such as personnel training, equipment maintenance, quality control, and labeling and packaging.
February 21, 2011
ACRIN begins cardiovascular clinical trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) has begun a multicenter clinical trial to assess how cardiac CT angiography and SPECT affect outcomes in patients with stable angina.
February 16, 2011
Focused US group adds board member
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation has named Frederic Moll, MD, to its board of directors.
February 16, 2011
RA licensure bill introduced in Calif.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The California Legislature has introduced Assembly Bill 352, which would allow a radiologist assistant (RA) to perform medical imaging services under the direct supervision of a radiologist, according to the American Society of Radiologic Technologists.
February 15, 2011
ACR to accredit Siemens FFDM
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the American College of Radiology (ACR) to accredit Siemens Healthcare's Mammomat Inspiration full-field digital mammography (FFDM) unit.
February 14, 2011
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