Alexander Ding, MD, a radiologist and incoming American Medical Association (AMA) Board of Trustees member, explains the new AMA policy calling on Congress to change the language and implementation of the current Medicare mandate that all advanced medical imaging needs certification.

The AMA recently shared that Alexander Ding, MD, of Kentucky and Scott Ferguson, MD, of Arkansas have been selected to the Board of Trustees by their peers. 

When AI-generated annotations of real-world chest CT images were made available to interpreting radiologists in a randomized prospective study, the assisted rads cut their read times from 421 seconds to 328.

The American Medical Association voted this week to adopt several new policies related to address gun violence during the AMA’s House of Delegates 2022 annual meeting in Chicago.

Jack Resneck Jr., MD, was inaugurated this week as the 177th president of the AMA and pledged to fight injustices against both patients and physicians.

Diagnostic radiology saw its median compensation rise just 1.6% from 2020 to 2021. On the other hand, interventional radiology enjoyed a 9.9% raise. 

Against the backdrop of radiologists getting sued for medical negligence after allegedly reading images too hastily, recent years have seen pointed calls for new radiology rules, requirements or regulations.

The AMA says there will be numerous major public health impacts if global temperatures continue to rise, adopting three new policies to address this ongoing trend.