RSNA Research and Education Foundation Awarding $4 Million in Grants in 2017
June 21, 2017 — The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Research and Education (R&E) Foundation will fund $4 million in grants this year, achieving a funding rate of 30 percent of all...
View ArticleInterventional X-ray Advancements
One of the more significant advancements for interventional X-ray (IXR) in the past few years has been an increased focus on core and supporting technologies to provide high-quality, high-resolution...
View ArticleThe Future of CT Colonography Screening
CT colonography (CTC) allows visualization of the entire colon in one image. Photo courtesy of Judy Yee, M.D.A screenshot of a polyp seen on a virtual fly-through of the colon. CT colonography is most...
View ArticleAmerican Society of Neuroradiology Launches Anne G. Osborn International...
July 5, 2017 — The American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) recently announced the creation of the Anne G. Osborn ASNR International Outreach Professor Program, with the goal of creating enduring and...
View ArticleClaims System Could Lead to Private Practice Radiology Subspecialty Quality...
July 6, 2017 — A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study shows that a claims-based system used to subspecialty classify academic radiologists accurately identifies self-designated...
View ArticleNeiman Institute Releases Updated Radiologist Patient-Facing Dataset
July 11, 2017 — The Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute has updated the Radiologist Patient-Facing Dataset (RPFD) with 2015 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) data. This free...
View ArticleToshiba Medical and AHRA Open Applications for 10th Annual Putting Patients...
July 11, 2017 — AHRA (the Association for Medical Imaging Management) and Toshiba Medical announced the tenth year of their Putting Patients First program. Putting Patients First grants enable...
View ArticleSIIM Recognizes Innovators in Medical Imaging Informatics at 2017 Annual Meeting
Accepting the award on behalf of Arterys is Julia Geer shown with SIIM Chair Dr. Paul Nagy (left), and Innovation Challenge Co-Chair Dr. Ram Chadalavada (right)July 19, 2017 — During the Society for...
View ArticleACR Updates Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics Guidance With ASTRO and AAPM
July 19, 2017 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) recently collaborated with professional medical societies to update guidance to promote safe and effective diagnostic and therapeutic radiology...
View ArticleRadiologists Seek Greater Involvement in Patient Care
July 20, 2017 — Despite time and workload constraints, radiologists are looking for ways to become more directly involved in the care of their patients, according to the findings of a recent survey of...
View ArticleUtilization of Radiation Dose Monitoring in Medical Imaging
An example of radiation dose monitoring software offered by Sectra.Patient X-ray radiation exposure from medical imaging has been a hot topic in radiology the past few years and has prompted the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Critical Issues in Radiology Administration
Angelic McDonald, MSRS, CRA, FAHRA, regional director of imaging, Baylor Scott & White Health and the president-elect of AHRA, discusses the biggest challenges she and other radiology...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence Could Learn From the Medical Imaging Goldmine of the...
Photo courtesy of Philips HealthcareHollywood has shone its lights on potential dystopian futures and the threats of cruel, calculating computers for decades. But look beyond the Arnold...
View ArticleACR Annual Conference on Quality and Safety Offers Strategies for Radiology...
August 8, 2017 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) Annual Conference on Quality and Safety, scheduled for Oct. 13-14 in Boston, will help radiology practices add value through cost-effective...
View ArticleACR Establishes Education Committee for Patient- and Family-Centered Care
August 9, 2017 — Members of the new Education Committee of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Commission on Patient- and Family-Centered Care are developing educational resources and tools to...
View ArticleACR Issues New, Revised Guidance on 35 Radiology Topics
Aug. 10, 2017 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) developed three new guidance documents and revised 32 others to advance the science of radiology and improve the quality of service to...
View ArticlePatient Complexity, Subspecialization Impact List Prices for Radiologists'...
August 15, 2017 — A new study by the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute finds that patient condition complexity and subspecialization are primary factors affecting radiologist services list price...
View ArticleHouston Methodist Hospital Enters Multi-Year Technology and Research...
August 17, 2017 — Houston Methodist Hospital and Siemens Healthineers have entered into a multi-year agreement to bring cutting-edge technology to Houston Methodist that is not currently available in...
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