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The National Medical Association is joining the American College of Radiology (ACR) and other advocacy groups in a call to Congress to pass the CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act (HR 4632).
The bill, introduced in the House…
The American College of Radiology’s Commission on Patient- and Family-Centered Care announced its new Informatics Committee this week, saying the new group will work toward developing technology that empowers patients as radiology continues its…
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has announced that its newly formed Quality Experience Committee will focus on finding “quality, safety and patient experience priorities” to improve both patient care and health outcomes in radiology.
…The American College of Radiology (ACR) announced this week that patient advocate Andy DeLaO is scheduled to deliver the Moreton Lecture at ACR 2016 in Washington, D.C.
DeLaO—also known online as @CancerGeek—is expected to discuss ways…
The American College of Radiology (ACR) published a letter to CMS acting administrator Andy Slavitt before the holidays, summarizing its thoughts on 14 different issues related to the imaging industry.
Through the letter, which was signed…
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has issued a statement applauding Congress for passing the $1.1 trillion, 2,000-plus page Omnibus Spending Bill late last week.
The ACR’s support comes from the inclusion of two specific items in the…
A new resource developed by the American College of Radiology’s Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute allows researchers to organize medical imaging data from claim databases into numerous categories.
The Neiman Imaging Types of Service…
The new Radiology Support, Communication and Alignment Network (R-SCAN) website supports radiologists as they make the transition to value-based payment models. R-SCAN was developed by the American College of Radiology (ACR) and funded by the CMS…
National Decision Support Company (NDSC) announced this week that a new exclusive agreement with Cerner Corporation allows clients to contract for ACR Select, the digital version of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria…
The Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) and the American College of Radiology’s Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute have collaborated on a present for readers this holiday season: a special December issue of the …
The American College of Radiology (ACR)’s ACR Assist will be demonstrated by healthcare companies such as Cerner, Epic, and Nuance at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2015 Annual Meeting in Chicago.
ACR Assist is a clinical…
Mythreyi Bhargavan Chatfield, PhD, is the new American College of Radiology (ACR) executive vice president for quality and safety, the ACR announced this week. Chatfield is currently serving as the organization’s senior director for data…
The American College of Radiology (ACR) announced this week that Pablo R. Ros, MD, PhD, the ACR Education Center’s new physician-in-chief, will come into the role with a focus on modality training and expanding the program. Ros, a diagnostic…
Three influential radiologists have been recognized by the American College of Radiology (ACR) as recipients of the organization's 2016 Gold Medal awards.
Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD; Lawrence P. Davis, MD; and Charles D. Williams, MD, are…
According to CMS’s latest attestation data, some 4,720 unique diagnostic radiologists have at least one year of participation in Stage 1 or Stage 2 Meaningful Use under their belts. This cohort has made around 9,000 unique attestations since 2011…
The Journal of the American College of Radiology recently presented readers with opinions from both sides of the debate over whether radiology residency spots need…
The American College of Radiology (ACR) and 38 other healthcare networks and supporting organizations have been chosen to participate in the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative, a $685 million federal investment designed to improve the…
When ACR’s Radiology Leadership Institute honored Leonard Berlin, MD, with a 2015 Leadership Luminary Award this past August, some may have assumed Berlin was getting ready to take a bow and move on toward retirement. Yet, 56 years into his…
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a report this week about limiting diagnostic errors in healthcare, and the American College of Radiology (ACR) has shared its support of the report’s findings.
The IOM report outlined several ways…
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has shared a new FAQ that helps healthcare providers make sure their CT equipment is compliant with the XR-29-2013 standard, also known as Smart Dose CT.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2016, Medicare will pay less…
The healthcare industry is increasing its focus on outcome-based quality metrics, but radiology continues to rely on structural metrics, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
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