RADPEER, a product developed by the American College of Radiology (ACR) to better radiologists’ quality assessment and improvement through peer review, could be expanded and used to collect data on other aspects of quality and safety in radiology, according to a report published online May 16 by the Journal of the American College of Radiology. 

Real View Radiology (RVR), an educational system founded on guided MRI case review, may help increase radiology residents’ case interpretation confidence and improve the consistency of search pattern use, according to a study published online May 10 by Academic Radiology.

The narrative on imaging utilization has typically been described as a meteoric rise in the middle of the last decade, but then a plateau and even a small drop in utilization in recent years. This may not be the whole story, however, as a study of imaging for commercially insured patients has found that a brief downturn in 2010 was followed by another increase in 2011.

Disclosing medical errors to a patient is a difficult, but necessary process. As troubling as it is for a veteran physician, it’s particularly stressful for medical trainees.

Washington, D.C. – The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) today underscored the inclusion of physician-developed appropriate use criteria (AUC) in the recently passed legislation to extend the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) patch for 12 months in response to a JAMA Internal Medicine article that compiled a list of “low value” medical imaging procedures.

Three out of four physicians believe that their fellow doctors order unnecessary tests or procedures at least once a week, according to a recent survey.

Added focus on report quality could make radiology more visible and enhance radiologists’ value in health care, according to an article published online May 16 by the Journal of the American College of Radiology. 

American College of Radiology-accredited advanced diagnostic imaging facilities need knowledge about the most common sources of deficiencies and recommendations to better prepare them for validation site surveys and reduce their chances of being noncompliant, according to a study published online May 14 by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.