A lot of conversations about value in radiology revolve around patients. How can specialists and their practices keep patients happy? What will make them the most comfortable? These are important things to ask, of course, but a recent article published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology is a reminder that demonstrating value to referring physicians is also absolutely crucial. 

The National Cancer Institute has launched a program called Screen to Save in response to recommendations made by the Cancer Moonshot’s Blue Ribbon Panel. The program aims to increase colon cancer screening rates among men and women in diverse and rural communities across the country.

The ASRT Foundation will receive the American College of Radiology (ACR) Foundation’s 2017 Global Humanitarian award, presented on May 24 at the ACR Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Interventional radiologist Sherif Nour, MD, of Emory Radiology in Atlanta had a memorable homecoming of sorts after a high-ranking health official in Egypt invited him to teach and demonstrate image-guided percutaneous liver tumor ablation in several locations in that country. 

The Association for Medical Imaging Management have announced the keynote speakers for the AHRA 45th Annual Meeting and Exposition, a premier educational event for radiology administration in Anaheim, CA on July 9-12, 2017.

Smartmedical Corp. has signed an “agreement of outsourcing radiology equipment” as a partnership with Siemens Healthcare, a Japanese subsidiary of Siemens Healthineers, to develop medical scanning centers at community primary care hubs.

You might see radiology departments across the country wearing a little more blue than usual on March 3, otherwise known as National Dress in Blue Day. Part of Colon Cancer Awareness Month, Dress in Blue Day is intended to raise awareness of the preventable nature of colon cancer.

With the explosive growth of interventional oncology, the Society of Interventional Oncology has been founded to focus entirely on the subspecialty field of interventional radiology.