Practice Management: Page 233

ASTRO elects new board president-elect

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has elected Dr. Thomas Eichler of Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute in Richmond, VA, as the new president-elect of its board of directors.

July 25, 2018

CMS proposes 'site-neutral' payments for outpatient, hospital clinic visits

By Kate Madden Yee

Healthcare providers would be paid the same by Medicare for clinic visits regardless of whether the service took place in a hospital or an outpatient setting under a proposal for site-neutral payments issued July 25 by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

July 25, 2018

JACR impact factor increases in 2017

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American College of Radiology said that its Journal of the American College of Radiology produced a 2017 impact factor of 3.383, up 16% from its 2016 impact factor of 2.929.

July 25, 2018

Guerbet contributes to AHRA campaign

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Contrast developer Guerbet has made a $50,000 charitable contribution to the AHRA's Defining Our Future leadership campaign.

July 25, 2018

AHRA: 6 ways to work with Generation Z in radiology

By Kate Madden Yee

You've heard about millennials and the challenges they represent from a personnel management perspective. But are you ready for Generation Z? Chances are you're already starting to employ them, according to a talk at this week's AHRA annual meeting in Orlando, FL, that offered six ways to leverage their skills.

July 25, 2018

2nd Pittsburgh rad pleads guilty in Vicodin case

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A second radiologist from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has pleaded guilty on charges related to the illegal distribution of Vicodin to patients. The plea was one of a series of judgments announced against healthcare providers accused of unlawfully distributing controlled substances.

July 24, 2018

CAR publishes white paper on artificial intelligence

By Erik L. Ridley

Artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology will enable researchers and radiologists to detect previously unseen information in medical images and better inform clinical decision-making via computer-assisted reporting, according to a new white paper on AI in radiology from the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR).

July 24, 2018

What is the Twittersphere saying about radiology AI?

By Erik L. Ridley

Tweets that discuss the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology are overwhelmingly favorable and mostly reflect the growing opinion that AI will not eliminate the jobs of radiologists, according to research published online July 23 in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

July 24, 2018

Canon, AHRA offer 2 new grant opportunities

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canon Medical Systems USA and the AHRA are adding two new grant opportunities to their annual Putting Patients First grant program.

July 23, 2018

Perception Lab to return to RSNA for 3rd year

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

An ongoing experiment that uses radiologists as test subjects for research into the doors of perception will return to the RSNA annual meeting for the third straight year.

July 23, 2018

FDA: ACR may include DBT in quality control manual

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed the American College of Radiology (ACR) to incorporate digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) quality control (QC) test procedures into the ACR Digital Mammography Quality Control Manual.

July 23, 2018

ECRI Institute names new executive VP

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The ECRI Institute has announced a new chief policy and external affairs officer and executive vice president (VP): Ronni Solomon.

July 23, 2018

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