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Mashup Score: 2Dedicated to Diversity - 11 month(s) ago
April 21, 2023 The ACR committed to advancing the practice of radiology and supporting patients from the time of its inception 100 years ago, but a noticeable lack of diversity plagued the specialty and its leading professional organizations. A group of committed ACR leaders and members have spent the past decade seeking to change that through the Commission for Women and…
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Mashup Score: 4A Community Effort - 1 year(s) ago
One radiology department strives to improve health equity by partnering with its surrounding community.
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Mashup Score: 0Increase Annual Screening to Nip Lung Cancer in the Bud - 1 year(s) ago
January 25, 2023 In this discussion, we dive into lung cancer screening (LCS) and the ACR® Lung Cancer Screening Registry (LCSR) with Ella A. Kazerooni, MD, FACR, professor of radiology and internal medicine and associate chief clinical officer for diagnostics at the University of Michigan Medical Group. She is also the founding chair of the LCSR and the new chair of the ACR…
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Mashup Score: 0
The February issue of the American College of Radiology® (ACR®) Bulletin focuses on ACR’s state government relations activities related to advocating against the expansion of non-physician scope of practice.
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Mashup Score: 0Advocacy 101 for Residents - 1 year(s) ago
January 20, 2023 Throughout 2022, the ACR’s state government relations (GR) staff teamed up with leaders from the Texas Radiological Society (TRS) to present an Advocacy 101 series to eight different radiology resident programs throughout the state. Sarah S. Avery, MD, FACR, president of the TRS and a radiologist with the Austin Radiological Association, and others from TRS were…
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Mashup Score: 0The Council is Born - 1 year(s) ago
January 01, 2023 The ACR Council has come a long way since the start of the College back in 1923. Originally, the ACR was governed by a small BOC, which guided the College’s efforts. As the College grew, the BOC began exploring ways to change the organization’s structure. The Commission on Constitution and Bylaws, led by Ross Golden, MD, presented a new College structure in 1939,…
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Mashup Score: 0Repositioning Your Role - 1 year(s) ago
January 01, 2023 You won’t know until you ask. Such a simple and rational concept, but the frightening part might not be asking but managing what comes after. There’s the worry of being labeled “a complainer.” And when the question is related to your livelihood — asking for a change in your schedule, environment, or even your duties — it can feel like a lot is riding on the whole…
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Mashup Score: 0Be a Part of the Next Decade of Leadership - 1 year(s) ago
October 24, 2022 The ACR is a longtime advocate for the impact that radiology leadership skills can have on the delivery and advancement of high-quality healthcare. Since its inception in 2012, the Radiology Leadership Institute® (RLI) has embodied that value proposition — teaching radiologists the business and management skills to successfully navigate a shifting healthcare…
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Mashup Score: 0Closing the Gaps - 2 year(s) ago
September 22, 2022 Nearly 1.6% of adults in the United States identify as transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming.1 Although these populations are growing, especially among younger generations — 5% of young adults report they do not identify with the sex assigned to them at birth1 — they remain increasingly affected by cancer screening disparities. Eligible transgender…
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Mashup Score: 0Finding Patients - 2 year(s) ago
September 22, 2022 “The ultimate goal of the Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (TMIST) is to individualize screening and bring the right tests to patients. We have had a one-size-fits-all strategy since screening came to being in the ‘60s and ‘70s. It has been mammography, versus nothing, for many women,” says Etta D. Pisano, MD, FACR, chief research officer for…
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