Clinical Resources

Accreditation

ACR Accreditation helps assure your patients that you provide the highest level of image quality and safety.
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria®

Evidence-based guidelines assist referring providers in making the most appropriate imaging or treatment decision for a specific clinical condition.
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria®

Practice Parameters

Promote the safe and effective use of diagnostic and therapeutic radiology by describing specific training, skills and techniques.
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Contrast Manual

This manual serves  as a guide for radiologists to enhance the safe and effective use of contrast media.
Contrast Manual
Manual on Contrast Media

Reporting and Data Systems

ACR RADS provide standardized imaging findings terminology, report organization, assessment structure and classification for reporting and data collection.

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Breast Imaging Resources

Breast imagers, use these informative and instructional resources to provide effective, safe, quality care to patients.
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Clinical Decision Support

Learn about the requirement that referring providers consult appropriate use criteria prior to ordering advanced diagnostic imaging services for Medicare patients.
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Collaborative Guidelines

Learn about ACR's collaborative efforts with other medical specialty societies.

Collaborative Guidelines
Collaborative Guidelines

Colon Cancer Screening Resources

We have compiled a listing of resources for radiologists who perform CT colonograph, including patient-friendly information on the CTC exam and private payer coverage.
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Incidental Findings

An incidental finding is “an incidentally discovered mass or lesion, detected by CT, MRI, or other imaging modality performed for an unrelated reason.”
Incidental Findings

Interventional Radiology Resources

Explain to hospital administrators and other decision makers the value of creating an in-house interventional radiology clinical practice.
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Lung Cancer Screening Resources

ACR is your best resource for safe, effective lung cancer screening with the latest research, toolkits and key patient information.
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Medical Physics Resources

Access QC manuals, accreditation resources, guidance documents, patient communication tools, and more. ACR membership required.

Medical Physics Resources
Medical Physics Resources

Radiation Oncology Resources

Informative and popular resources designed to assist the radiation oncology community in providing quality and safety at their practices.
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Radiology Safety

Resources and recommendations to ensure the safe, efficient practice of radiology.
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Radiology-TEACHES

Radiology-TEACHES is an online portal that uses case vignettes to simulate the process of ordering imaging studies via integrated CDS.
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