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The News and Media section of the website provides the latest information on activities within the College, and the clinical radiology and radiation oncology professions.

Clinical Radiology
09 July 2019

RANZCR’s Clinical Radiology Response to the National Health Interoperability Roadmap Paper

RANZCR’s response to the National Health Interoperability Roadmap Paper provides an overview of our top five priorities in digital health for clinical radiology. RANZCR has felt that there are not shared priorities around...
04 April 2019

Media Release - Historic commitment from Labor to cancer patients

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) applauds Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s announcement in the budget reply that if elected Labor will significantly increase access to vital scans for...
Clinical Radiology Radiation Oncology
18 March 2019

RANZCR response to Australian Human Rights Commission AI Consultation

Following consultation with the Artificial Intelligence Working Group, RANZCR provides the following feedback. Clinical radiology and radiation oncology are two areas of medicine that are already using advanced informatics...
17 March 2019

Media Release - Millions of patients to benefit from indexation of ultrasound and x-ray

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR), has welcomed the Federal Government's announcement today regarding indexation of ultrasound and X-ray services. This is a long overdue win for Australian...
Clinical Radiology
13 March 2019

RANZCR position statement on Imaging of Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma

This policy statement documents the position taken by the Faculty of Clinical Radiology, on the advice of the Breast Imaging Advisory Committee, regarding the imaging of breast implant associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma...
Clinical Radiology
23 January 2019

Media Release - Groundbreaking Patient Referral Principles Unveiled by RANZCR

Groundbreaking principles for a more efficient, timely and potentially safer method of referring patients to the care of a radiologist have been unveiled by The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists...
Clinical Radiology
17 December 2018

RANZCR secures Medicare rebates for vital Pregnancy and Liver Cancer MRIs - Media Release

Australian women with potential pregnancy abnormalities will now be able to access a Medicare rebate for MRI scans providing vital information on the health of their unborn baby after a successful application to Medicare by...
Clinical Radiology
26 November 2018

RANZCR Submission to the Report from the Diagnostic Imaging Clinical Committee

RANZCR Submission to the Report from the Diagnostic Imaging Clinical Committee 1. Imaging of Head and Neck Recommendation 1: Consolidate x-ray items for petrous temporal bone (items 57906 and 57909) with mastoid bone (items...
Clinical Radiology
20 November 2018

FCR Submission to the Report from the Urology Clinical Committee

RANZCR supports this recommendation and the generic embolisation item number. Currently interventional radiologists use the embolisation code to treat varicoceles via endovascular techniques regularly, as a minimally...
Clinical Radiology
20 November 2018

FCR Submission to the Report from the Gynaecology Clinical Committee

RANZCR supports the recommendation for the indications outlined above with a comment. The two-year restriction should not apply as there are occasions where endometriosis surgery is needed more than once within 2...