Professional Associations

This page includes news coverage of medical associations and medical societies. Use these links to find focused news coverage from specific organizations: Cardiology Associations, Healthcare Associations, Radiology Associations.

AHRA 45th Annual Meeting Keynote Speakers Announced

The Association for Medical Imaging Management have announced the keynote speakers for the AHRA 45th Annual Meeting and Exposition, a premier educational event for radiology administration in Anaheim, CA on July 9-12, 2017.

March 2, 2017

Coding for Clarity: Echocardiography Gains Two New CPT Add-On Codes

The approval of two new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes acknowledges echocardiographic myocardial strain imaging and myocardial contrast perfusion echocardiography as emerging technologies, often a necessary step before a code is promoted to payable status.

January 31, 2017

RSNA 2016: More research, awareness needed in fight against prostate cancer

The negative impact of prostate cancer is woefully underestimated by the public, according to Colleen A. Lawton, MD, professor and vice chair of radiation oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She reviewed the history of prostate cancer screening and treatment in the Annual Oration in Radiation Oncology address at RSNA 2016.

December 1, 2016

RSNA 2016: Organizational change requires strong physician leadership

Academic medicine does a great job of producing physicians—but leaders? Not so much. A lack of effective leadership can paralyze an organization, making affecting change all but impossible according to a Sunday afternoon session at RSNA 2016.

November 28, 2016
Example of a mammogram showing X-ray images of both the right and left breast and patches of dense breast tissue.

Healthcare groups push for extension of mandate that guarantees coverage of annual mammograms

Multiple patient advocacy groups and healthcare organizations, including the American College of Radiology (ACR) and Society of Breast Imaging (SBI), are asking Congress to extend a federal mandate that requires insurance companies to fully insure annual mammograms for women 40 years old and older. 

October 4, 2016

Video training is useful in pediatric ultrasound

It turns out video instruction could be just as useful as in-person instruction for some types of imaging training, according to a study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology. 

September 16, 2016

Study Shows Web-Based Tutorials Are an Effective Tool for Teaching Technical Skills in Pediatric Ultrasound

Leesburg, VA, Sept. 16, 2016— Web-based tutorials are an effective method of teaching technical skills in pediatric ultrasound to radiology fellow and resident trainees, according to a study published in the September 2016 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR).

September 16, 2016

ARRS to Host Abdominal and Pelvic MR Imaging Symposium in Baltimore

Leesburg, VA, June 15, 2016— ARRS, working in conjunction with its members, will hold the 2016 ARRS Abdominal and Pelvic MR Imaging Symposium Sept. 30–Oct. 1, 2016, at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel in downtown Baltimore. 

June 16, 2016

Around the web

"This was an unneeded burden, which was solely adding to the administrative hassles of medicine," said American Society of Nuclear Cardiology President Larry Phillips.

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

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