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ACR rejects Institute of Medicine's mammo tech proposal
By Tracie L. Thompson
The Washington, DC-based institute had not even released its report last week before the American College of Radiology sent out a press statement announcing its opposition to the reading suggestion. The proposal is one of 10 recommendations made in an IOM report titled "Saving Women's Lives: Strategies for Improving Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis."
June 14, 2004
ACR shifts focus to legislation
By Brian Casey
SAN DIEGO - You win some, you lose some. The results of the American College of Radiology's recent legislative activities have been decidedly mixed, senior ACR executives concluded Tuesday at the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) meeting.
June 8, 2004
IHE to test portable data integration profile
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The RSNA and HIMSS' Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) initiative has released a portable data for imaging integration profile as one of several supplements in draft for trial implementation.
June 7, 2004
Malpractice crisis prompts look at self-insurance
By Brian Casey
SAN DIEGO - Shell-shocked by the high cost of malpractice insurance premiums? You might want to consider self-insuring your practice, says a man who created such a plan, and described the experience to attendees of the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) meeting.
June 7, 2004
Merritt assumes leadership of ARRS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Prominent radiologist Dr. Christopher Merritt has been chosen to lead the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS).
May 23, 2004
ACR censures member for expert testimony
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The college announced Thursday morning that the private letter of censure would be placed in the member's ACR file. The announcement came after the member decided not to appeal the censure decision by the college's Committee on Ethics, which held a hearing on the case last month.
May 19, 2004
ACR bolsters teleradiology statement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Saying it was acting to protect patient safety, the American College of Radiology has issued a new statement on international teleradiology, calling for offshore physicians who interpret teleradiology images to meet or exceed the same standards met by physicians practicing in the U.S.
May 13, 2004
ASTRO prints breast cancer therapy information
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) has published a new patient information brochure, Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer: A Patient's Guide to Understanding Treatment.
May 13, 2004
Cancer centers implement latest techniques for breast care
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) systems and breast biopsy tools were the new technologies most frequently invested in by U.S. cancer centers, according to a survey by the Association of Community Cancer Centers.
May 12, 2004
AAN issues transcranial doppler ultrasound guideline
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Academy of Neurology has issued a new guideline for the use of transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound. The guideline, published in the May 11 issue of Neurology, provides recommendations for how TCD may be used to evaluate the status of blood vessels inside the brain in patients with known or suspected cerebral vascular disease, according to the Saint Paul, MN-based society.
May 11, 2004
ACR reverses course on ortho MRI
By Tracie L. Thompson
The American College of Radiology has scuttled a highly controversial program to accredit extremity MRI facilities --a plan that critics had decried as giving an ACR stamp of approval to self-referring orthopedists.
May 10, 2004
Free educational site summarizes normal variants in PET, PET/CT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MIAMI BEACH, FL - Nuclear medicine specialists from Boston have laid the groundwork for a free, interactive Web-based PET/CT imaging atlas. They offered a preview of the atlas in an electronic exhibit at the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting this week.
May 6, 2004
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