Building understanding of radiography, establishing quality programs and refining procedures are just a few of the suggestions for pediatric radiography providers from the newest initiative of the Image Gently campaign, called “Back to Basics,” detailed in the May issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Actor Alan Alda, famous for his timeless role as Hawkeye Pierce, MD, offered physicians and scientists a bitter pill. Plain language, says the former host of the PBS series "Scientific American Frontiers," will go far in advancing science and medicine. Alda’s latest gig is a founder and visiting professor of journalism at the Stony Brook University Center for Communicating Science, recently renamed it the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science.

As CT lung cancer screening wallows in the limbo of lack of reimbursement, pioneers are developing strategies to deliver screening to all patients. Lahey Hospital & Medical Center detailed its success with a free lung cancer screening program in an article in the May issue of Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Radiation oncology seems to have a massive target on its collective back as the cancer treatment costs face increasing scrutiny.

The Boston medical community’s response to last month’s marathon bombings has been widely praised and credited with limiting the number of fatalities. The effort was made possible by previous emergency-preparedness programs, response practice and attention to the lessons learned from other cities, according to an article published May 2 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Social media has become a force to be reckoned with. Three experts share their thoughts on why and how radiologists can leverage social media to better their practices and connect with their patients.

Malpractice payouts of $1 million or more—so-called catastrophic claims—collectively make up $1.4 billion a year, less than one-tenth of one percent of the total national medical expenditures in the U.S., according to a study published online April 29 in the Journal for Healthcare Quality.

Removing denial provisions from utilization management systems does not increase imaging utilization and, in fact, a collaborative system actually reduces the use of advanced diagnostic imaging, according to a study published online April 29 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.