Practices looking for advice on how to deliver more patient- and family-centered radiologic care will soon be able to leverage resources provided by the newly created American College of Radiology (ACR) Commission on Patient Experience.

With less than three months remaining until the nation switches from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding for medical diagnoses and inpatient hospital procedures, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical Association (AMA) are announcing efforts to continue to help physicians get ready ahead of the October 1 deadline.

Less than 8 percent of patients with suspected urinary stones underwent CT using appropriate low-dose techniques, according to a research letter published online in JAMA Internal Medicine.

When it comes to inserting chest ports for venous access needed for repeated blood draws and drug administrations, interventional radiologists working in IR suites can do the job at far lower cost—yet with no greater rates of infection or complications—than surgeons in the OR. 

More attention is being paid to the deficient family leave policies in the U.S., which lag behind other developed countries and were called out by President Barack Obama in the latest State of the Union address. A pair of commissions from the American College of Radiology want to make sure radiologists are included in this discussion.

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists has launched Patient-centered Care for Diverse Populations, a new online educational series that highlights strategies and tactics for delivering high-quality care for different patient populations.

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in King v. Burwell—the case that threatened subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act—dominated the headlines in healthcare.  Let’s take a look at some of the top quotes from the majority and dissenting opinions.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the subsidies offered as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be available nationwide, regardless of whether they are used to buy health insurance on an exchange established by the federal government or an individual state.