Professional Associations

This page includes news coverage of medical associations and medical societies. Use these links to find focused news coverage from specific organizations: Cardiology Associations, Healthcare Associations, Radiology Associations.

Coalition of 86 healthcare groups calls for change to Affordable Care Act rule
In a letter to Congress, the groups are urging lawmakers to support HR 9001 and lift the ban on physician-run hospitals.
Association of 300 telehealth groups urges Congress to extend COVID-era rules
The American Telemedicine Association, an industry lobby representing companies and providers, fears a crackdown from the DEA would harm patients who rely on virtual care to get vital treatments.
Time running out to comment on higher cardiac CT payments
Imaging experts have said the move could reshape the financial landscape for hospitals offering Cardiac CT services.
How to address the shortage of interventional radiologists
Elizabeth Ann Ignacio, MD, FSIR, FACR, chair of SIR Small and Rural Practices Committee, and an ACR board member, outlines ways to make these positions outside of major cities more attractive.
SCAI calls on interventional cardiologists to tell Washington to reverse physician pay cuts
Congress is considering two bills that would prevent or mitigate the Medicare physician payment cuts that went into effect in January 2024, and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions is urging members write their Congressmen.

Marcelo DiCarli, MD, chief, division of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, executive director for the cardiovascular imaging program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting cardiac imaging.

What is the ROI for adopting AI in cardiac imaging?

Marcelo DiCarli, MD, and Rob Beanlands, MD, discussed the long-term value of investing in the development and implementation of AI technologies.

May 11, 2023

Bradley Hunter, vice president for value-based care and core solutions at KLAS Research, outlines several key, overarching health information technology trends at the Health Information management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2023 meeting. #HIMSS #HIMSS23

KLAS explains key health IT trends at HIMSS 2023

Bradley Hunter, vice president for value-based care and core solutions at KLAS Research, outlines the key, overarching health information technology trends seen at the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2023 meeting.

May 8, 2023

PHOTO GALLERY of radiology technologies at HIMSS 2023

Many new imaging solutions were on display at the world's largest health informatics conference, held at McCormick Place in Chicago.

May 8, 2023

Christina Caraballo, MBA, HIMSS vice president of informatics, explains that healthcare system data is increasingly moving into the cloud. Healthcare is catching up to others industries in the consumer space that already leverage cloud data storage and computing power to enable instant, anywhere access to data.

Healthcare IT data storage is moving to the cloud

Christina Caraballo, MBA, HIMSS vice president of informatics, explains that healthcare data is increasingly moving into the cloud to keep up with the times and allow immediate, instant access.

May 5, 2023

Josh Gluck, Pure Storage vice president of global vertical alliances and solutions, explains hospitals need to do more homework when it comes to which healthcare data storage solution is best for them - cloud or on-premise data centers.

On premise vs. cloud healthcare data storage: Which is better?

Hospitals need to do their homework when it comes to which solution is best for them, Pure Storage's Josh Gluck told Radiology Business at the HIMSS23 meeting.

May 4, 2023

Amit Trivedi from HIMSS explains the need for the International Patient Summary

The international patient summary could standardize medical data exchange globally

Amit Trivedi, HIMSS director of informatics and health IT standards, explains the purpose of the international patient summary to support global patient health data exchange.

May 2, 2023

HIMSS VP of Informatics Christine Caraballo on enterprise imaging interoperability.

HIMSS: New interoperability standard aids movement to enterprise imaging

HIMSS Vice President of Informatics Christina Caraballo, MBA, explains new interoperability standards have been proposed to enable better image sharing across hospital IT systems.

May 2, 2023

David Gruen radiologist and Merative Merge CMO speaking on radiology IT trends at HIMSS 2023. #HIMSS #HIMSS2023 #HIMSS23

Key radiology IT trends at HIMSS 2023

Radiologist David Gruen, MD, discusses some of the overarching themes from the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society's annual meeting.

April 25, 2023

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Professional Associations

Coalition of 86 healthcare groups calls for change to Affordable Care Act rule

Association of 300 telehealth groups urges Congress to extend COVID-era rules

Time running out to comment on higher cardiac CT payments

How to address the shortage of interventional radiologists

SCAI calls on interventional cardiologists to tell Washington to reverse physician pay cuts

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