The American College of Radiology (ACR) released the latest edition of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria

Over the past few weeks, members of ASNC’s Health Policy Committee have held meetings with their members of Congress.

The move allows Empire State NPs to order and interpret diagnostic tests without requiring a written practice agreement from a physician. 

Physicians may not be aware of such devices' intended use, with potential for misdiagnosis resulting in patient injury or death, the agency announced. 

ACR’s additions cover scenarios including imaging after breast surgery, fibroids, hernias, pediatric ataxia, and follow-up for esophageal cancer. 

The new policy brief for healthcare providers stresses the importance of radiation protection and ethically guided care in medical imaging.

These findings underscore the need for better implementation of shared decision-making (SDM) models, as well as more thorough counseling documentation, as low-dose CT (LDCT) lung screen coverage is dependent on these factors, experts suggested.

Merit Medical Systems claims its system is the first wire-free solution providers can deploy during such MRI-based procedures. 

Two-thirds of U.S. adults eligible to get screened for colorectal cancer have recently completed an exam, but only 1.4% of them opted for CT colonography over optical colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy. 

Researchers have found the condition significantly less among patients who received at least two doses of a COVID vaccine.