Quality

New guidelines aim to address ‘significant variation’ in skin cancer care

A task force developed the recommendations using feedback from several experts and best practices gathered from more than 100 studies.

ACR scores $341K grant to help close the loop on cancer diagnosis

Funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation will assist the college in developing a measure to ensure that cancer patients aren’t slipping through the cracks.

‘The days of unfettered wholesale imaging are over,’ radiology expert says

The chief of the Journal of the American College of Radiology recently made that declaration in a new editorial released on Thursday, Dec. 5.

Misinterpretation of scans the leading cause of radiologist malpractice claims, analysis finds

That’s according to an analysis of nearly 600 malpractice claims against radiologists closed between 2013 and 2018, released by the Doctor's Company on Tuesday Dec. 3.

ACR, Breast Cancer Research Foundation and GE Healthcare team to tackle false positives

“Early detection remains key to improving breast cancer outcomes and our collective goal is to optimize critical tools for diagnosis," said Dorraya El-Ashry, PhD, chief scientific officer for the BCRF.

Every-other-year mammography screenings result in larger tumors, more aggressive treatment

Wanting to quash this confusion for providers and patients, researchers from the University of Michigan compared outcomes for dozens of diagnosed women.

Hundreds of CT scans went unread at one medical center, fueled partly by overworked radiologist: Report

Almost 2,000 images gathered dust for years at Walter Reed, delaying treatment for at least one veteran, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Use of CT and MRI to diagnose eye problems in the ED skyrocketing, underlining need for guidance

Johns Hopkins researchers recently made that determination by scouring data from millions of ED visits conducted between 2007 and 2015.

Reducing patients’ stress when wearing masks for head and neck cancer screenings: 3 tips

Requiring head and neck cancer patients to wear masks during treatment can cause significant anxiety, which can also spread to radiology staffers taking part in treatment.

Emergency radiologists struggle to curb unnecessary back pain imaging

While there has been a modest decline in imaging for these cases over the past five years, about one in every three ED visits for back pain still resulted in x-ray, CT or MRI testing.

Diagnosis criteria for COPD should be expanded to include CT scan, other factors

Doing so could potentially add millions of new diagnoses of the condition each year, but also help clinicians to catch its progression earlier in the disease process.

In radiologist-rich US, AI’s usefulness as triage tool would be challenging, minimal, expert argues

AI triage could prove to be pivotal elsewhere, however, by cutting the time radiologists spend analyzing cases and then prioritizing those that are most urgent, one expert noted.