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Thanks!—Final Policy Brief

¹ Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Public Health, Yale University, 333 Cedar St., New Haven, CT 06510-3206.

Received April 18, 2008; accepted after revision April 21, 2008.

Address correspondence to H. P. Forman, Associate Editor, Health Policy (HealthPolicy{at}arrs.org).

Keywords: health policy and quality • policy brief

This Policy Brief will be the last of the monthly health policy columns in the AJR. The column began during the editorship of Lee Rogers and continued through Robert Stanley's tenure as editor. I have really enjoyed the opportunity afforded me by Rogers and Stanley and I'd like to take the opportunity to say thanks to both of these gentlemen for their great service to our specialty, the ARRS, the AJR, and its readership. I look forward to working with Thomas Berquist, the new AJR editor, as the journal editorial structure is reformatted to reflect the increased specialization within our profession.

While I will not be penning or editing a monthly column, I will continue my involvement in the AJR, serving as section editor of health policy and quality. I'll be focusing my efforts on highlighting the emerging role of the AJR as the leading journal of diagnostic radiology health care policy research, opinion, and review. I hope that you will consider submitting your manuscripts on current issues and controversies. I would be happy to discuss any ideas with you, in advance of formal submission, as well as promising you expedited review for material that has a heightened element of currency.

My intentions, as an incoming section editor, include increasing the number and quality of health care services articles in the AJR, particularly those that address current concerns of our specialty. I also hope that we will be able to find appropriate health policy research and opinion contributions to complement clinical subspecialty theme issues.

Jonathan Sunshine (senior director, research; American College of Radiology) and Vijay Rao (professor and chair, department of radiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital) will serve as assistant editors of the health policy section of the journal and will assist in achieving these goals. They have both proven to be gracious mentors and advisors to me and many of my colleagues and I hope that, through this editorial role, they will expand their reach even further in developing future radiologists with an interest in health policy and health services research.

The future of radiology rests on our ability to demonstrate to all payers, public and private, that we add substantial value to the care of our patients. Over the last 60 months you've read about the financing issues facing the Medicare program, the reimbursement issues challenging our practitioners, and the turf battles that we have and continue to wage, in attempting to provide the best health care policy.

Through the understanding of financing and delivery, we each can contribute to quality patient care. By demonstrating, via hypothesis-driven research, the nuances of our contributions and challenges, we will retain and grow our importance in health improvement and health care delivery.

I hope you will help us meet this challenge and look forward to working with many of you and receiving feedback about our new direction. I also thank those of you who have served as guest editors of the Policy Brief and those who have provided positive feedback over the years.

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