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.

The Medicare Pioneer accountable care organization (ACO) program has the ability to modestly reduce low-value services, including imaging-related services, according to a recent study published by JAMA Internal Medicine. 

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 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.

To thrive in today’s healthcare industry, radiologists are often looking for ways to set themselves apart and showcare their value to patient care. According to Tina Rudisill and Gail Schwartz of TRG Marketing Works in York, Penn., the best way to stand out is to “woo” your patients, impressing them with both the quality of your service and an overall positive experience.

When the Affordable Care Act required physician performance information to be made available in a way that allows patients to make comparisons based on quality of care, the CMS Physicians Compare Initiative was born. However, according to a recent study published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology, the initiative should include more imaging-specific metrics so it can accurately reflect a radiologist’s overall performance. 

After 17 months of hard work, employees at the Schneck Medical Center in Seymour, Ind., successfully decreased staffing hours in their diagnostic imaging department while increasing staff productivity and workforce engagement. How did they do it? 

Radiologists should always review CT scout images, and not doing so could have legal ramifications down the line, according to a recent commentary published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.