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Radiology Websites

    American College of Radiology
    The American College of Radiology (ACR), is the leading organization representing radiologists, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists, and medical physicists in the United States.

    Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Based in Boston, MA, Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is an internationally recognized academic health care institution and a major teaching hospital of the Harvard Medical School.

    Canadian Association of Radiologists
    The Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) is a voluntary organization representing the goals and the interests of imaging specialists in the Canadian medical community.

    RSNA
    The mission of the Radiological Society of North America is to promote and develop the highest standards of radiology and related sciences through education and research. The Society seeks to provide radiologists and allied health scientists with educational programs and materials of the highest quality, and to constantly improve the content and value of these educational activities.

    SCAR
    The Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) is devoted to advance computer applications and information technology in medical imaging through education and research.

Healthcare Informatics Websites

    Canada Health Infoway
    Canada Health Infoway Inc. invests with public sector partners across Canada to implement and reuse compatible health information systems that support a safer, more efficient healthcare system. Infoway is an independent, not-for-profit organization whose Members are Canada's 14 federal, provincial and territorial Deputy Ministers of Health.

    The Digital Hospital
    Digital Hospital is the umbrella program for several groups within the Department of Radiology of Brigham and Women's Hospital: The Information Management Division (IMD), the Multi-Disciplinary PACS (MDPACS), and the Center for Evidence Based Imaging (CEBI).

    HIMSS
    HL7 is an international community of healthcare subject matter experts and information scientists collaborating to create standards for the exchange, management and integration of electronic healthcare information.

    IHE
    IHE is an initiative by healthcare professionals and industry to improve the way computer systems in healthcare share information. IHE promotes the coordinated use of established standards such as DICOM and HL7 to address specific clinical needs in support of optimal patient care.

    Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
    US Department of Health And Human Services
    The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology provides leadership for the development and nationwide implementation of an interoperable health information technology infrastructure to improve the quality and efficiency of health care and the ability of consumers to manage their care and safety.

Healthcare and Quality Websites

    Institute of Medicine
    The nation turns to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies for science-based advice on matters of biomedical science, medicine, and health. A nonprofit organization specifically created for this purpose as well as an honorific membership organization, the IOM was chartered in 1970 as a component of the National Academy of Sciences.

    The Leapfrog Group
    The Leapfrog Group is an initiative driven by organizations that buy health care who are working to initiate breakthrough improvements in the safety, quality and affordability of healthcare for Americans. It is a voluntary program aimed at mobilizing employer purchasing power to alert America?s health industry that big leaps in health care safety, quality and customer value will be recognized and rewarded.

    TMIT
    The Texas Medical Institute of Technology (TMIT) is a medical research organization founded in 1984 that is dedicated to accelerating performance solutions that deliver direct patient impact. TMIT measures patient impact by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) quality aims of patient safety, clinical effectiveness, efficiency, timeliness, patient centeredness, and equity.

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