The American College of Radiology (ACR) has been awarded Accreditation with Commendation for six years as a provider of continuing medical education (CME) for physicians by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).

A former radiology resident diagnosed with insomnia is suing Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. The suit claims that the medical center violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to accommodate for her condition and requiring her to take overnight call shifts.

Kevin McNamara, Nova Scotia’s deputy health minister, has accused 27 radiologists of “potentially inappropriate billing” over a two-year period. The dispute centers on use of a CT fee code for certain procedures in four provinces.

Quebec physicians are lobbying the provincial health board to reverse its decades-long policy of “two-tiered medicine” that limits imaging reimbursement to exams provided in public institutions. The wait for CT, MRI and ultrasound exams in hospitals can extend to two years, while the costs for MR studies in private institutions can reach $1,000.

As healthcare providers strive to tap into patient engagement and radiologists attempt to personalize their specialty, it may pay to walk a mile in patients’ shoes. Cleveland Clinic provides viewers a lens into patients’ thoughts and struggles in this brief, but compelling, video. It’s a poignant reminder that pausing to consider the person behind the patient might just make one a better provider.

Olympus Corporation (“Olympus”) and Sony Corporation (“Sony”) today announced that the two parties recently received all necessary regulatory approvals and now expect to establish the medical business venture company (the “medical business venture”) on April 16, 2013 in accordance with the business alliance agreement executed on September 28, 2012.

Salt Lake City- April 9, 2013– AMIRSYS® previews its new RADPrimer® Learning Portal for Radiology Residents with the release of Version 3.0.  This new release previews the transformation from RADPrimer 2.0, a case-based learning tool focused on making the right diagnosis to RADPrimer 3.0, a comprehensive radiology learning system with topic-driven lessons containing learning objectives, reading assignments, self-study assessment and pre- and post-learning quizzes. RADPrimer 3.0 now includes Physics & Safety assessments in addition to the 11 traditional radiology disciplines.

World class healthcare. It’s everyone’s vision and the ultimate goal. Getting there will be hard work. Gregory Goldstein, MD, president of MetisMD, detailed three strategies to help primary care providers tap into the wealth of expertise lurking behind the reading room door in in HuffPost Healthy Living April 3. They are: ask questions of radiologists, communicate with imagers before the exam and leverage technology for collaborative image viewing. Though the advice targets clinicians, the savviest radiologists are taking steps to assist clinicians with these strategies.