ACR Chair's Column

Chairman of the ACR Board of Chancellors Dr. James Thrall addresses a topic of importance to JACR readers. The column often focuses on specific ACR programs or initiatives.

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2012

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Is Quality Good Enough?

February 2012 (Vol. 9 | No. 2 | Page 88)

John A. Patti Short communication

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Research, Quality and Safety, Economics: An International Perspective

January 2012 (Vol. 9 | No. 1 | Page 1)

John A. Patti Editorial

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2011

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The Demand for Proof of Quality

December 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 12 | Page 817)

John A. Patti Editorial

 817-817
The Challenges of Leadership in the New Era of Health Care

November 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 11 | Pages 739-740)

John A. Patti Editorial

 739-740
The Third Rail: Engineering Safe Travel for the Physician Community

October 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 10 | Pages 671-672)

John A. Patti Short communication

 671-672
Planning for the Future Through Intersociety Collaboration

September 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 9 | Page 595)

John A. Patti Editorial

 595-595
Radiology and Congress: A Midyear Report

August 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 8 | Pages 525-526)

John A. Patti Editorial

 525-526
The National Radiology Data Registry: A Necessary Component of Quality Health Care

July 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 7 | Page 453)

John A. Patti Editorial

 453-453
Without a Strong Team, We Cannot Advance

June 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 6 | Pages 375-376)

John A. Patti Editorial

 375-376
Health Care Reform and Radiology Education

May 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 5 | Page 293)

John A. Patti Editorial

 293-293
Clouds on Radiology's Research Horizon

April 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 4 | Page 215)

John A. Patti Editorial

 215-215
Radiology-Centric Medicine and the Need for Practice Transformation

March 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 3 | Pages 149-150)

John A. Patti Short communication

 149-150
Transparency in Leadership

February 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 2 | Page 79)

John A. Patti Editorial

 79-79
Where Is Our Voice Heard?

January 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 1 | Pages 2-4)

John A. Patti Editorial

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2010

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Leadership and the ACR: A Road Map to Success

December 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 12 | Page 911)

John A. Patti Editorial

 911-911
Entitlement, Complacency, and Inertia: Obstacles to Progress, Impediments to Survival

November 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 11 | Page 825)

John A. Patti Editorial

 825-825
The Saga of Our Times—Government Inaction on Self-Referral: Are We Getting Closer to a Solution?

October 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 10 | Pages 743-744)

John A. Patti Editorial

 743-744
Radiation Dose: Walmart or Mom and Pop?

September 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 9 | Pages 661-662)

John A. Patti Editorial

 661-662
A World in Turmoil: Chaos, or a New World Order?

August 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 8 | Page 551)

John A. Patti Editorial

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Expanding Our Educational Horizons

July 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 7 | Page 469)

John A. Patti Editorial

 469-469
Staying Ahead of the Curve

June 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 6 | Pages 389-390)

John A. Patti Short communication

 389-390
Working Together for the ACR

May 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 5 | Pages 319-320)

James H. Thrall Editorial

 319-320
Health Care Reform in the Postrecession Economy

April 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 4 | Pages 239-240)

James H. Thrall Editorial

 239-240
Health Care Legislation: A Cautionary Tale of Unintended Consequences

March 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 3 | Pages 165-166)

James H. Thrall Editorial

 165-166
US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations for Screening Mammography: Evidence-Based Medicine or the Death of Science?

January 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 1 | Pages 2-4)

James H. Thrall Short communication

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2009

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Medical Value vs Cost and Risk: Redux

February 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 2 | Pages 81-82)

James H. Thrall Editorial

 81-82
The ACR Practice Leaders Meeting

December 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 12 | Pages 821-822)

James H. Thrall Editorial

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One Patient at a Time

November 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 11 | Pages 735-736)

James H. Thrall Editorial

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ACR Registries Serve Multiple Purposes

October 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 10 | Pages 663-665)

James H. Thrall Editorial

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Navigating Health Care Reform

September 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 9 | Pages 603-604)

James H. Thrall Editorial

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Relationships Between Hospitals and Radiologists

August 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 8 | Pages 541-542)

James H. Thrall Editorial

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Technological Innovations Impact All Aspects of AMCLC 2009

July 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 7 | Pages 469-470)

James H. Thrall Editorial

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Drivers of Health Care Costs: Technology vs Social, Legal, and Behavioral Factors

June 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 6 | Pages 387-388)

James H. Thrall Editorial

 387-388
Utilization of Imaging: Challenges and Opportunities

May 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 5 | Pages 287-288)

James H. Thrall Editorial

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Activities of the ACR Intersociety Committee

April 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 4 | Pages 219-220)

James H. Thrall Editorial

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Radiation Exposure: Politics and Opinion vs Science and Pragmatism

March 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 3 | Pages 133-134)

James H. Thrall Editorial

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Teleradiology: Two-Edged Sword or Friend of Radiology Practice?

February 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 2 | Pages 73-75)

James H. Thrall Editorial

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Health Reform and Imaging

January 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 1 | Pages 2-3)

James H. Thrall Editorial

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2008

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Teleradiology: Two-Edged Sword or Friend of Radiology Practice?

February 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 2 | Pages 73-75)

James H. Thrall Editorial

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RADPAC® and the Importance of Government Relations

December 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 12 | Pages 1165-1166)

James H. Thrall Editorial

 1165-1166
ACR Research Moves the Practice of Radiology Forward

November 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 11 | Pages 1099-1100)

James H. Thrall Short communication

 1099-1100
Advancing the ACR's Agenda in Washington

October 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 10 | Pages 1021-1022)

James H. Thrall Editorial

 1021-1022
ACR International Outreach Activities

September 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 9 | Pages 943-944)

James H. Thrall Short communication

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Reflections on AMCLC 2008

August 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 8 | Pages 865-866)

James H. Thrall Editorial

 865-866
The ACR Education Center and 21st Century Radiology

July 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 7 | Pages 783-784)

James H. Thrall Editorial

 783-784
Framing the Issues

June 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 6 | Pages 687-688)

James H. Thrall Editorial

 687-688
Looking at the Present and Toward the Future

May 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 5 | Pages 609-610)

Arl Van Moore Editorial

 609-610
Changing the Shape of Radiology

April 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 4 | Pages 535-536)

Arl Van Moore Editorial

 535-536
Recognizing the ACR’s Silent Service

March 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 3 | Pages 153-154)

Arl Van Moore Editorial

 153-154
The ACR Education Center, Changing the Radiology Education Paradigm

February 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 2 | Pages 75-76)

Arl Van Moore Editorial

 75-76
Information Technology — Radiology’s New “High Ground”

January 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 1 | Pages 2-3)

Arl Van Moore Editorial

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2007

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Hallmarking Forty Years of Legislative History

December 2007 (Vol. 4 | No. 12 | Pages 861-862)

Arl Van Moore Editorial

 861-862
Accreditation: A Key to Radiology’s Future

November 2007 (Vol. 4 | No. 11 | Pages 749-750)

Arl Van Moore Editorial

 749-750
Volunteerism: Lifeblood to the Future of Radiology

October 2007 (Vol. 4 | No. 10 | Pages 663-664)

Arl Van Moore Editorial

 663-664
The Difference Is In the Details

September 2007 (Vol. 4 | No. 9 | Pages 577-578)

Arl Van Moore Editorial

 577-578
We Have Come a Long Way…

August 2007 (Vol. 4 | No. 8 | Pages 509-510)

Arl Van Moore Editorial

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Stepping Out of the Shadows

July 2007 (Vol. 4 | No. 7 | Pages 433-434)

Arl Van Moore Editorial

 433-434
The Meaning of the Message

June 2007 (Vol. 4 | No. 6 | Pages 343-344)

Arl van Moore Editorial

 343-344
Before We Cry Wolf

May 2007 (Vol. 4 | No. 5 | Pages 263-264)

Arl van Moore Editorial

 263-264
Opening New Educational Frontiers

April 2007 (Vol. 4 | No. 4 | Page 199)

Arl Van Moore Editorial

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Quality—Full Steam Ahead

March 2007 (Vol. 4 | No. 3 | Pages 141-142)

Arl Van Moore Editorial

 141-142
Focusing on the Big Picture

February 2007 (Vol. 4 | No. 2 | Pages 81-82)

Arl Van Moore Editorial

 81-82
Maintenance of Certification: Tsunami Ahead?

January 2007 (Vol. 4 | No. 1 | Pages 2-3)

Arl Van Moore Short communication

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2006

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The Treasure Before You

December 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 12 | Pages 897-898)

Arl Van Moore Editorial

 897-898
Lame Ducks and Legislators

November 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 11 | Pages 825-826)

Arl Van Moore Editorial

 825-826
Metrics and NRDR: What Is “Near Dear” and How Will It Affect Radiology’s Future?

October 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 10 | Pages 723-724)

Arl van Moore Editorial

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Quality Metrics: Value to Radiology

September 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 9 | Pages 641-642)

Arl Van Moore Short communication

 641-642
Radiology and the Health Care Reform Debate

August 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 8 | Pages 569-570)

Arl Van Moore Editorial

 569-570
Developing Future Leaders and Leadership Training in Radiology

July 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 7 | Pages 481-482)

Arl Van Moore Editorial

 481-482
Looking to the Future

June 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 6 | Pages 385-387)

Arl Van Moore Editorial

 385-387
Strategies for the Future

May 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 5 | Pages 305-306)

James P. Borgstede Editorial

 305-306
An Endangered Species?

April 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 4 | Pages 227-228)

James P. Borgstede Editorial

 227-228
Chipping Away at Imaging

March 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 3 | Pages 153-154)

James P. Borgstede Editorial

 153-154
The Laws of Gravity

February 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 2 | Pages 77-78)

James P. Borgstede Full-length article

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Cliffs, Marathons, and Searches for the Silver Bullet

January 2006 (Vol. 3 | No. 1 | Pages 2-3)

James P. Borgstede Full-length article

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2005

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The Quality Promise

December 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 12 | Pages 963-964)

James P. Borgstede Full-length article

 963-964
Professionalism

November 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 11 | Pages 873-874)

James P. Borgstede Short communication

 873-874
The Wrong Fork in the Road

October 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 10 | Pages 805-806)

James P. Borgstede Short communication

 805-806
With Skill and Safety

September 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 9 | Pages 717-718)

James P. Borgstede Short communication

 717-718
The Public Face of Radiology

August 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 8 | Pages 649-650)

James P. Borgstede Editorial

 649-650
It’s About the Patients

July 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 7 | Pages 555-556)

James P. Borgstede Editorial

 555-556
Pay It Forward

June 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 6 | Pages 457-458)

James P. Borgstede Editorial

 457-458
Nothing Endures but Change

May 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 5 | Pages 387-388)

James P. Borgstede Short communication

 387-388
From research into practice

April 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 4 | Pages 295-296)

James P. Borgstede Short communication

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Cardiac imaging is in your future

March 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 3 | Pages 203-204)

James P. Borgstede Editorial

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The viability of our specialty: The designated physician imager

February 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 2 | Pages 99-102)

James P. Borgstede Editorial

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109 in 2005—Friends in “high places”

January 2005 (Vol. 2 | No. 1 | Pages 1-2)

James P. Borgstede Editorial

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2004

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Appropriateness criteria: The double-edged sword

December 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 12 | Pages 889-890)

James P. Borgstede Editorial

 889-890
Geese and golden eggs

November 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 11 | Pages 793-794)

James P. Borgstede Editorial

 793-794
Both sides of the aisle

October 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 10 | Pages 705-706)

James P. Borgstede Editorial

 705-706
Economists, weather forecasters, storms, and cliffs

September 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 9 | Pages 615-617)

James P. Borgstede Editorial

 615-617
Tort reform and you: Winners and losers, friends, foes, and facts of life

August 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 8 | Pages 535-536)

James P Borgstede Editorial

 535-536
Self-referral: bad health care at any cost

July 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 7 | Pages 445-446)

James P Borgstede Editorial

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Specialty or commodity?

June 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 6 | Pages 369-370)

James P Borgstede Editorial

 369-370
It’s time for fat ladies and swans to sing

May 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 5 | Page 301)

E.Stephen Amis Editorial

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Great expectations

April 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 4 | Pages 229-230)

E.Stephen Amis Short communication

 229-230
What is a good radiologist?

March 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 3 | Page 155)

E.Stephen Amis Editorial

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Leaping frogs, P4PS, and P4P: not so strange bedfellows

February 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 2 | Page 79)

E.Stephen Amis Editorial

 79-79
Sugar or spice?

January 2004 (Vol. 1 | No. 1 | Page 1)

E.Stephen Amis Editorial

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