Concern about growing imaging costs and widespread awareness of radiation exposure issues has drawn unwanted attention to radiology. Don’t expect that to change soon.
Given those facts, the American College of Radiology’s recent statement about an article on CT scan safety published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine outlines how ACR is trying to exert some influence over the situation by offering a solution that they’ve developed instead of waiting to see what outsiders might devise. That idea is at the core of all lobbying efforts. For example, Wall Street banks could have chosen to fight directly against finance reform, instead they quietly got busy lobbying the people crafting the law and regulations so the end result is Read the rest of this entry »
