August 28-30, 2014Chicago, IL 

Columbia, MO, June 23, 2014 – Argus Radiology, a United States based and privately owned Teleradiology/Telemedicine healthcare service company, has been awarded The Joint Commission’s prestigious “Gold Seal of Approval®.” The internationally recognized symbol is granted as an indicator of Argus Radiology’s commitment to provide high quality patient care, improve efficiencies and meet the most rigorous standards of performance, as seen on argusrad.com/accreditation.

An estimated four million Americans are infected with the hepatitis C virus, and half of them are undiagnosed.  CMS announced this week that it will cover a one-time screening for all beneficiaries born between 1945 and 1965, better known as the baby-boomer generation.

While CMS considers whether to cover LDCT lung-cancer screening for high-risk individuals, a final coverage decision issued by the agency this week for hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening puts the issue of standardized imaging protocols for screening and following patients who test positive for HCV on radiology’s front burner.

The American College of Radiology today announced the launch of the ACR Lung Cancer Screening Center Program, a designation that would ensure providers meet specific equipment, personnel and imaging-protocol requirements.

A panel of experts convened by the National Cancer Institute suggests calling slow-growing lesions in the breast, prostate, lung and skin by a new name, indolent lesions of epithelial origin, or IDLE, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal.

Technology innovator, StatRad, announced the continued enhancement of its medical image sharing platform, RadConnect. RadConnect is now offering second opinion reports for radiology exams. Through an affiliation with University of California, San Diego, RadConnect users can receive second opinions from the school’s world-renowned faculty.

The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, or HCAHPS, survey—now driving a portion of hospital revenue—touches radiology only tangentially, so it would be convenient to leave the patient experience to someone else.