Even when a technologist acquires an ideal image and a radiologist performs a thorough, accurate interpretation, imaging excellence can be negated if the results are not clearly and effectively communicated to referring doctors.

When it comes to dictating radiology reports to produce consistently presented diagnostic evaluations, Benjamin W. Strong, MD (ABR, ABIM), is bullish on two tools: (1) customized speech-to-text software, and (2) flexible diagnostic checklists. In fact, to vRad’s chief medical officer, the evolutionary integration of those two workflow aids—which he has been using himself and refining for vRad’s 500-plus radiologists over the past 10 years—is structured reporting.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Philip Ballinger, Ph.D., R.T.(R), FAEIRS, FASRT, has received the naming rights for the Philip W. Ballinger Museum Library as part of the ASRT Foundation’s 30th anniversary celebration campaign, “Positioning for a Brighter Tomorrow.” 

RSNA, CHICAGO—The numbers tell the story of the early successes of RSNA’s radiology reporting initiative: 268 report templates available in the RadReport.org library, including a handful in such languages as Turkish and Chinese—and more than 106 million views and downloads of templates to help radiologists around the world improve their reporting practices.

Washington, D.C.  (Dec. 8, 2014) – James A. Brink, M.D., FACR, has been named the chair of RADPAC® for the 2015-2016 election-cycle. Brink is radiologist-in-chief at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Juan M. Taveras Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School. 

As 2014 winds to a close, three of radiology's brightest thought leaders offer predictions on the year ahead. There is big power in big data. Moving forward into 2015 and beyond, how do radiology practices aggregate data in a way that creates what the world of Silicon Valley has shown us to be the new paradigm? Curtis Kauffman-Pickelle, president and CEO of The Kauffman Group and publisher of ImagingBiz, asks that very question when asked to look ahead.

RSNA, CHICAGO—Alzheimer’s disease has long been thought to wreak its havoc on once-clear minds by stashing amyloid plaque on the brain’s gray matter, the part most densely populated by nerve cells. New research using a specialized MRI method shows that the brain’s white matter—which conducts messages across brain regions—may play a larger role than previously thought.

RSNA, CHICAGO—A patient-controlled system of sharing diagnostic images over the Internet rather than by CDs is doable for providers and desirable to patients—including older folks.