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Press release > NCRP Report No. 162, Self Assessment of Radiation-Safety Programs > Press release > Update of NCRP Report No. 65: NCRP Report No. 161 I, Management of Persons Contaminated With Radionuclides: Handbook > Press release > NCRP Report No. 160, Ionizing Radiation Exposure of the Population of the United States > Press release > Pie charts > Summary table > |
NCRP Report No. 160 is in the news – Radiologists Call for National Strategy to Address Medical Imaging Overuse >Read the review of NCRP Report No. 161 in the August issue of Medical Physics – “It will likely emerge as the ‘standard’ for management of radioactively contaminated individuals” >
On June 30, 2010, a special session on NCRP activities was held at the 55th Annual Health Physics Society Meeting in Salt Lake City. The overview of NCRP reports and conferences by President Tenforde and 10 other presenters on recent and ongoing activities is now available >Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Report to Congress, Aligning Incentives in Medicare (June 2010) raises questions about the clinical appropriateness of some medical imaging and outlines steps to reduce abuses (see Chapter 8) >An article coauthored by Drs. Tenforde, Schauer and several current and distinguished emeritus members of Council was published in the National Academy of Engineering’s publication, The Bridge. The title of the article is “Health Aspects of a Nuclear or Radiological Attack" >
NCRP Executive Director, Dr. David A. Schauer, made a presentation on “Medical Exposures of the U.S. Population: New Developments Since NCRP Report No. 160” at the 2010 American Statistical Association’s Conference on Radiation and Health in Annapolis >Dr. David Schauer made a presentation on "NCRP Activities Related to Radiation Protection in Medicine" at the 12th annual meeting of the Health Care Industry Advisory Council in Savannah >Congress requests that GAO conduct a study to evaluate the extent of physician self-referral arrangements for advanced imaging and radiation oncology services provided to Medicare beneficiaries and the effects of such arrangements on Medicare spending >2010 Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) International Guidelines Symposium, Pooling International Knowledge on Appropriateness in Diagnostic Imaging. CAR has been actively implementing and promoting the use of evidence-based guidelines to support appropriate use of imaging services in Canada >
FDA Unveils Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging. Initiative to focus on three types of procedures with high radiation doses > |
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