High-fidelity training sessions can improve contrast reaction management skills for radiologists at all levels, according to a study published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR). 

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report in September about specific ways healthcare providers can work to improve their diagnostic process and decrease diagnostic errors. In a recent article on the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center website, Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD, chair of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s department of radiology, answered a few questions about the report and what can be done to prevent diagnostic errors. 

One of the primary complaints providers often have about radiology benefits management programs (RBMs) is that they have the power to deny coverage to a patient in need. But what if the RBM is unable to deny coverage? 

Anxiety is often cited as a “harm” of screening mammography, perhaps most famously when the United States Preventive Services Task Force listed it, along with false-positives, as reasons average-risk women ages 40 to 49 should not get routine mammograms. 

The sessions at the AHRA 2015 Virtual Fall Conference may be prerecorded, but the festivities began on Oct. 16 with a live keynote presentation from Richard Duszak, MD, chief medical officer of the American College of Radiology’s Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute.

Intention deserves more attention in modern radiology, according to a recent commentary published in Academic Radiology, because it’s intent that separates living, breathing radiologists from decision-making machines. 

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 to be reduced. 

A study evaluating Choosing Wisely’s impact on use of four different low-value imaging services noted a significant decrease in two of them, with little to no impact in the other two, according to findings published by JAMA Internal Medicine.