In this post, I link to the outstanding 2022 American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria.
All that follows are links to the above awesome resource made freely available by the ACR to all healthcare clinicians.
The ACR Appropriateness Criteria® (AC) are evidence-based guidelines to assist referring physicians and other providers in making the most appropriate imaging or treatment decision for a specific clinical condition. Employing these guidelines helps providers enhance quality of care and contribute to the most efficacious use of radiology.
The above link allows you to explore the Topics List, the Scenarios List, and the Procedures List in the AC Portal.
AC Portal
An interactive way to access the AC topics, variants, clinical scenarios, and recommendations. Use keyword filters and search features to more easily find all content.
The newest ACR AC are listed below. [This link]
In 2022, we added 6 new and 24 revised topics. The ACR Appropriateness Criteria includes 222 Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology topics with over 1050 clinical variants and 3000 clinical scenarios.
About the ACR Appropriateness Criteria
The ACR Appropriateness Criteria® are evidence-based guidelines to assist referring physicians and other providers in making the most appropriate imaging or treatment decision for a specific clinical condition. By employing these guidelines, providers enhance quality of care and contribute to the most efficacious use of radiology.
The guidelines are developed and reviewed annually by expert panels in diagnostic imaging and interventional radiology. Each panel includes leaders in radiology and other specialties. In 2022, there are 222 Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology topics with over 1050 variants and for our Diagnostic Imaging topics 3000 clinical scenarios.
The ACR allows individuals to use the ACR Appropriateness Criteria for research, scientific, and/or informational purposes only. If you wish to use the ACR Appropriateness Criteria for other reasons, please complete the online ACR permission request form .
AC Portal
The above link allows you to explore the Topics List, the Scenarios List, and the Procedures List
An interactive way to access the AC topics, variants, clinical scenarios, and recommendations. Use keyword filters and search features to more easily find all content.
