The Global Harmonization Task Force has come out with a new document that, it hopes, will help standardize the way the worlds top healthcare regulation authorities, including the FDA, handle nonconformities during audits of medical device manufacturers quality management systems (QMS).

As I think about the current healthcare system and all of its strong attributes, it is hard to overlook the fact that it also is fragmented, disjointed and laced with high price tags. This week, several stories focused on how to work toward a more cost-efficient, patient centric-based system. I cant help but revert back to the 1970s Brotherhood of Man classic "United We Stand" and think that perhaps this is the mantra those in the healthcare system must stand behind: United we stand, divided we fall.

Paul H. Ellenbogen, MD, was elected chair of the American College of Radiology (ACR) board of chancellors.

A dedicated pediatric imaging department may enable improved compliance with pediatric CT protocols and allow reduced radiation exposure, according to a study published in the May issue of Journal of American College of Radiology. However, departments that image both children and adults may be challenged to comply with pediatric-dose adjusted CT protocols, according to the researchers.

To foster "game-changing" innovation in the U.S. healthcare system, federal, state and local leaders must partner with private sector stakeholders in using the new authorities available under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and other federal statutes, according to an April report from the Commonwealth Fund.

Reducing radiation dose on CT enterography examinations by lowering tube voltage to 80 kVp in patients weighing less than 160 lbs. will affect image quality, however, with 30 percent adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR), the images remain diagnostically acceptable, according to a study published in the May issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

More than half the women aged 40 to 49 diagnosed with breast cancer on screening mammography reported no family history of the disease, supporting the benefit of yearly screening mammography for women in their 40s, according to a study presented May 3 at the annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society in Vancouver.

Using a decision support system for ordering chest CT exams results in positive examinations more than three-quarters of the time, according to a study presented May 1 at the annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society in Vancouver.