Anatomy, physics, and pathology are all hallmarks of the radiology education. Now, the ACR® intends to add another element: leadership training. The college announced in mid-August 2011 that it will launch the Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) in 2012 with an inaugural invitation-only meeting, to be held July 12–14 at Northwestern University’s

Reeves and Deimler¹ portray an unvarnished picture of the business operating environment in their article, “Adaptability: The New Competitive Advantage,” in a recent issue of the Harvard Business Review. Market dominance is increasingly ephemeral, with the percentage of companies falling out of the top three from year to year increasing from 2% in

Physicians, let’s face it: Conventional wisdom has it that we make lousy businesspeople. We’re great when it comes to the nuts and bolts of the body, but when it comes to the mechanics of finance, we’re said to be naive. Frankly, there may be some truth to this. The majority of us spent the bulk of our 20s and 30s in medical school, residency, and

To the Standard & Poor’s downgrade of US sovereign debt, the CMS proposal to slash the radiology professional component, and the stalemate in Washington, add yet another threat to solvency that has slipped nearly undetected onto the horizon—your patients.

A comprehensive anti-fraud initiative undertaken by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under health reform law will soon force some physicians in the Medicare program to revalidate their individual enrollment records, the agency has announced.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has appointed six eminent leaders from academic and private practice radiology to serve on the board of directors of its Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI), radiology’s first professional development and leadership academy.

In a transaction worth 57.5 million Euros, Royal Philips Electronics, parent company of Philips Healthcare, has completed its acquisition of the mammography business of Linkoping, Sweden-based Sectra, a PACS and digital mammography developer.

The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association is asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reconsider a proposal to require the submission of patient-level data as it pilots electronic submissions of clinical quality measures.