The Hounsfield Unit Cody Quirk

Dr. Amy Patel joins to discuss her various rolls with the American College of Radiology and how the advocacy network and RADPAC have been combined. We discuss why it is important to advocate for radiology and how radiologists can get more involved.



https://www.acr.org/

https://www.acr.org/Advocacy-and-Economics/RAN

https://www.radiologyadvocacy.org/SitePages/HomePage.aspx

An amazing conversation with Dr. Melissa Davis who gives us some background and ideas on how to approach diversity from an individual and departmental perspective and how we can improve health disparities in our patient population.

If you are interested in learning more make sure to check out the September issue of JACR and take a look at the organizations Dr. Davis mentions. Here are links to several.

https://www.jacr.org

https://www.acr.org/Member-Resources/Commissions-Committees/Women-Diversity

https://snma.org

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity

In this episode we discuss the impact that healthcare and radiology have on climate change. There are many possible areas of improvement and healthcare systems can play a significant role in climate change mitigation. Please see the following resources and let us know if you are interested in helping.



https://www.jvir.org/article/S1051-0443(21)00935-0/fulltext

https://climatehealthconnect.org/resources/physicians-guide-climate-change-health-equity/

https://www.jacr.org/article/S1546-1440(21)00142-3/fulltext

https://www.vumc.org/radiology/radiology-and-radiological-sciences-grand-rounds/radiology-grand-rounds-march-29-2021

In this episode I discuss the California Radiological Society's efforts to change AB890, a bill regarding independent practice for nurse practitioners with Dr. Benjamin Franc. He discusses how the CRS approached getting language within the bill changed and how that was different than the usual approach taken when working against the passage of these bills.

If you have questions for Dr. Franc, he can be reached at benster@stanford.edu

Many early career radiologists have negative views of private equity backed groups in radiology, but are there positives to some of these groups? Are they all the same? In this episode we speak with Dr. Elizabeth Hawk of Radiology Partners and Dr. Dan Ortiz an associate in private practice and published author on the subject to get two very different perspectives. 

Welcome to part 2 of my discussion with Dr. Wagner. In this section we discuss the plans for the core exam going forward in 2021 and beyond. We also discuss how your MOC works and what exactly you need to accomplish to maintain certification.