The American Society of Radiologic Technologists will donate $10,000 to the American Red Cross to assist with disaster relief efforts in central Oklahoma following tornadoes there May 19 and 20. The donation is on behalf of the ASRT’s 151,000 members.

A woman from Chalmette, La., has filed a lawsuit against a New Orleans hospital and imaging provider, claiming she fell on a broken sidewalk that should have been better maintained.

The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) today said that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)’s scoring of President Obama’s FY14 budget confirmed that the use of prior authorization schemes for imaging within the Medicare program would produce no savings and impede Medicare beneficiaries’ access to life-saving imaging services.

Health care in the U.S. is changing, and radiologists, at all career levels, need to obtain the leadership skills necessary to adapt to these changes and keep radiology as central to the delivery of high quality medical care. In response to this growing need, the American College of Radiology (ACR) Foundation recently launched a national fundraising campaign called Leading Radiology Into the Future. All proceeds of this new initiative will be used to further develop and strengthen the Radiology Leadership Institute™ (RLI) — radiology’s first professional development and leadership academy.

Lisa Bartenhagen, M.S., R.T.(R)(T)(ARRT), and Barbara J. Smith, M.S., R.T.(R)(QM)(ARRT), FASRT, FAEIRS, have been appointed to four-year terms on the ARRT Board of Trustees, beginning August 1, 2013.

Late last month, stories circulated that the list of potential buyers for Carestream Health, which was being auctioned by Onex, was quickly shrinking. Now, reports are the list has gone from shrinking to nonexistent, as Onex has called off the auction.

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists has announced the 2012-2013 winners of the Jean I. Widger Distinguished Author Award and the Harold Silverman Distinguished Author Award, honoring the best peer-reviewed articles published in ASRT’s scientific journals.

The answer, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek article, is a resounding yes. Writer Charles Kenny argues that the path to improved health lies in keeping patients out of doctors’ offices and bolsters his assertion with some fairly compelling insights.