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The Society for Computer
Applications in Radiology (SCAR) has announced the changing of the
organization’s name to the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM),
effective immediately. The announcement took place at the Society’s Annual
Meeting today in Austin, Texas. The Society also announced that it is relocating
to a new headquarters in Leesburg, VA, this summer.
SCAR leadership announced the
name change as a part of a larger move to expanding the Society’s focus to
encompass other clinical specialties beyond the field of radiology. “While we
are quite determined to stay true to the Society’s roots in radiology, in
reality medical imaging is expanding across the healthcare enterprise,” said
SCAR Chair Richard L. Morin, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville.
The Society has decided to
change its name to better describe the diversity of its constituency, to expand
research and activities into the entire field of imaging informatics, to include
all of the imaging sciences, and to embrace the dynamic changes in the
healthcare environment. “Expanding SCAR’s scope will be responsive to
current SCAR members, many of whom practice both within and outside of
radiology, while welcoming new imaging constituencies,” said Morin.
SCAR’s efforts tie in with
its current core projects: expanding research and education efforts through the
TRIP™ (Transforming the Radiological Interpretation Process) Initiative and
the Imaging Informatics Professional Certification Program.
TRIP™ is a
multidisciplinary research effort that reaches beyond radiology to address the
problem of image and information overload. The Society is also a natural home
for a new certification program, developed and administered by imaging
informatics professionals for imaging informatics professionals. SCAR is
embracing the dynamically changing healthcare environment while staying true to
its roots in the radiological sciences and education.
New
SIIM Mailing Address:
Society for Imaging
Informatics in Medicine
19440 Golf Vista Drive, Suite 330
Leesburg, VA 20176
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