Dear AuntMinnie Member,
We're pleased to announce the launch of the 2010 edition of the Minnies, AuntMinnie.com's annual event recognizing excellence in radiology.
We're now taking nominations for Minnies candidates, giving you the chance to acknowledge a colleague, research study, or product that you think is worthy of recognition. Winners will be selected through two rounds of voting by our expert panel of radiology luminaries, with trophies to be awarded in November.
For 2010, we've launched a new category, Most Effective Radiology Volunteer/Philanthropist. This category was created to help recognize the important contributions taking place in the radiology community to help the less fortunate through the judicious use of medical imaging technology.
Got someone you'd like to nominate? To get started, just go to minnies.auntminnie.com. And to view a list of last year's winners, just click here.
Study questions VC costs -- or does it?
In other news, a new study published this week in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute raises questions about the cost-effectiveness of virtual colonoscopy relative to the gold standard for colon cancer screening, optical colonoscopy.
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston conducted a model-based analysis that compared VC to optical colonoscopy, as well as to the combination of fecal occult blood test and flexible sigmoidoscopy.
At current colon screening rates and reimbursement levels, optical colonoscopy came out on top. But the situation changed when the model was tweaked to accommodate higher screening rates in the population -- an increase many VC experts believe would occur due to the technology's less-invasive nature. Learn more by clicking here, or visit the community at vc.auntminnie.com.
