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Brian Haefs EDITORIAL BOARD
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WINTER 2016 VOL. 4 NO. 1 CONTENTS
16 features
16 PRACTICAL MAGIC Necessity is the mother of IR innovation
22 SIR 2016 PREVIEW Learn why this is the year you should return to the SIR annual meeting
32 HOW DO YOU DO QUALITY? Read about the new toolkit SIR has launched for the IR community, what it offers and how future SIR toolkits will meet your needs
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06 departments
PRESIDENT’S COLUMN Alan H. Matsumoto, MD, FSIR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S COLUMN
Susan E. Sedory Holzer, MA, CAE
18 LEGALLY SPEAKING Thomas W. Greeson and Paul Pitts
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QUALITY IMPROVEMENT COLUMN Jeremy Collins, MD, and Jeremy Durack, MD
26 HI-IQ COLUMN Kevin Lauzon, RT(R)(CT), CIIP
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SIR FOUNDATION RESEARCH FORUM Jeremy Collins, MD
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ABSTRACTS IN THE CURRENT LITERATURE Ripal T. Gandhi, MD, and Suvranu Ganguli, MD
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CODING Q&A C. Matt Hawkins, MD
IRS-IN-TRAINING Chad Burk, MD
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07 IR UP FRONT • IAC Research Award Program 2016 call for proposals
• Dr. Rösch receives CIRSE Gold Medal
• SIR launches quality toolkit
• SIR provides CMS with comments on physician payment
• Listening posts • Notable moves
• 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting section events
• SIR announces 2016 SIR Executive Council Slate of Candidates and SIR Foundation Board Appointees
• Dr. Baum receives ARR Gold Medal
• SIR president comments on IVC filters
• SIR meets with FDA to discuss doxorubicin powder shortage
• Top 5 downloads from the SIR Connect Open Forum in 2015
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