April 27, 2012 — Amidst growing concerns over healthcare costs, the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) is offering a solution to help cut back on federal spending in its new report, “Imaging with CARE.” According to the report, an estimated $1.32 billion could be saved on nuclear and molecular imaging procedures over the next 10 years by taking steps to reduce the number of repeated scans due to poor quality images.

April 26, 2012 — Interventional cardiologists can and should lead efforts to improve quality, cut costs and ensure appropriate use of procedures. Elliott Fisher, M.D., MPH, professor of medicine at Dartmouth, an internationally recognized expert on variations in health system performance and one of the originators of the concept of accountable care organizations, will challenge the interventional cardiology community to accomplish these and other goals at a town hall meeting during the 2012 Scientific Sessions of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) in Las Vegas. His keynote address, “Why Interventional Cardiology Needs to be a Change Leader,” will set the stage for an interactive discussion with cardiologists attending the conference.