The American College of Radiology announced this week that it has joined with eight other medical specialty societies in a national campaign to promote wise choices by physicians and patients.

The American College of Radiology has raised concerns about a report in the British Medical Journal this month that says mammograms did more harm than good in the first 10 years of screening, even for women over the age of 50.

The costs associated with diagnostic imaging are increasing faster than the cost of cancer care in the U.S., but the “contribution of imaging to cancer care costs pales in comparison to other key components such as cancer drugs,” according to a study in the latest issue of The Journal of Internal Medicine.

House Republicans announced a broad-reaching bill on Friday that includes a "fix" for the mandated 27.4 percent Medicare physician reimbursement cut that will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2012, unless Congress takes action .

Linda Wilgus, the executive director of a network of imaging centers in Indiana, was awarded Chief Financial Officer of the year by the Indianapolis Business Journal among private companies with revenues under $100 million annually.

A federal judge sentenced Atlanta radiologist Dr. Rajashahker Reddy to nearly five years in prison on Friday for falsifying “tens of thousands” of reports through teleradiology services to various Southeast hospitals.

Sony Electronics recently announced it plans to release a series of radiology display monitors early next year.

Patients are increasingly asked to play a role in lowering the cost of medical imaging. However, without easy access to information about cost and quality, selecting the best diagnostic imaging provider is difficult if not downright impossible.