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.

AMA ‘disappointed’ after Congress leaves physician pay fix out of bill to avert shutdown

The American College of Radiology and 120 other healthcare organizations recently sent a letter to leaders of the House and Senate, asking them to fix the “flawed” Medicare payment system.

November 22, 2023
Bob Still RBMA

Radiology Business Management Association Executive Director Bob Still to retire

The RBMA board has agreed to form an Executive Director Search Committee, chaired by Past President Mark Kalmar.

November 21, 2023
Gold Medal award winner. KLAS Research released its 2024 list of the best radiology vendors on Wednesday, with Sweden-based vendor Sectra again leading the picture archiving and communication system category. Others topping the list in imaging include Agfa, Fujifilm, Nuance and 3M.

RSNA honors AI research; ACR names gold medalists, plus more radiology awards news

Also, Strategic Radiology/RSNA Research Grant goes to Stanford University scientist and local magazine recognizes USRS as one of region's fastest growing companies. 

November 14, 2023
Monique Rasband, KLAS vice president of strategy and research for imaging, cardiology and oncology, shares the trends she is seeing with the use of cloud storage in medical imaging. 

Cloud image storage for radiology is a growing trend in healthcare

Monique Rasband, KLAS vice president of strategy and research for imaging, shares the trends she is seeing in the specialty.

November 13, 2023

RSNA alters timing for annual meeting

Get your long-term calendars out. One of the largest yearly conferences in healthcare is changing its schedule.

October 26, 2023
Jesse M. Ehrenfeld

The physician shortage is here: AMA implores Congress to address ‘urgent crisis’

“Physicians everywhere—across every state and specialty—continue to carry tremendous burdens that have us frustrated, burned out, abandoning hope," said AMA President Jesse Ehrenfeld. 

October 25, 2023
Video interview with Jom Kimerle from Pure Storage who shares trends in healthcare cybersecurity. #HIMSS

Trends and tips in healthcare cybersecurity 

Cybersecurity in the healthcare sector has been a growing concern, and medical imaging is one of the largest users of off-site cloud data storage.

October 19, 2023

Study claims high proportion of radiology researchers do not disclose industry ties

About 64% of study authors in one noted imaging journal did not disclose payments they received from industry entities, according to CMS's Open Payments database. 

October 18, 2023

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"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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