The February issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) focuses on a variety of issues relating to clinical practice, practice management, health services and policy, and radiology education and training.
Articles include:
Screening Cervical Spine CT in the Emergency Department, Phase 3: Increasing Effectiveness of Imaging Brent Griffith, M.D.; Phyllis Vallee, M.D.; Jumana Nagarwala, M.D.; C. Patrick Loeckner, M.D.; Lonni R. Schultz, Ph.D.; Rajan Jain, M.D. Clinical education initiatives such as those in this study have the potential to improve adherence to evidence-based clinical guidelines, such as the ACR Appropriateness Criteria®, and, in doing so, increase the clinical effectiveness of imaging examinations.
Trends in Diagnostic CT Among Fee-For-Service Enrollees, 2000-2011 Ghassan B. Hamra, Ph.D.; Richard C. Semelka, M.D.; Lauren M.B. Burke, M.D.; Virginia Pate, M.S.; Alan Brookhart, Ph.D. Trends in diagnostic CT show differential changes from 2000-2011 by age groups and body region.
Dose Reduction Efforts for Pediatric Head CT Imaging in Washington State Trauma Centers: Follow-Up Survey Results Janessa M. Graves, Ph.D., M.P.H.; Kalpana M. Kanal, Ph.D.; Frederick P. Rivara, M.D., M.P.H.; Jeffrey G. Jarvik, M.D., M.P.H.; Monica S. Vavilala, M.D. Survey results show that, compared with a survey administered in 2008-2009, variation in pediatric head CT imaging protocols and radiation dose continues to exist among Washington state trauma centers in 2012.
Prostate MRI: Access to and Current Practice of Prostate MRI in the United States James L. Leake, M.S.; Rulon Hardman, M.D.; Vijayanadh Ojili, M.D.; Ian Thompson, M.D.; Alampady Shanbhogue, M.D.; Javier Hernandez, M.D.; Jelle Barentsz, M.D. Most locations performing prostate MRI are doing so at minimum standards; however, there is a need to educate non-academic practices regarding minimum standards.
United States Medical School Graduate Interest in Radiology Residency Programs as Depicted by Online Search Tools Nora M. Haney, B.S.; Stuart D. Kinsella, B.A.; Jose M. Morey, M.D. Online search data, such as Google Trends, may be used to predict U.S. medical School graduates' interest in entering the field of radiology.
For additional information, or to schedule an interview with a JACR spokesperson, please contact Heather Williams at 703-390-9822 or PR@acr.org.
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