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    Print**Passing the MQSA Baton**
	February 6, 2019
	**EQUIP: Repeat Citations Have Arrived**
	January 8, 2019
	**Mammography at the FDA: Beyond MQSA**
	November 29, 2018
	**MQSA: Act, Regulations, Alternative Standards, and Guidance: What’s the Difference?**
	October 15, 2018
	**Scrolling Through DBT Accreditation: Important Reminders**
	August 16, 2018
	**Compression: Another Critical Factor in Image Quality**
	June 21, 2018
	**DBT Accreditation: It’s Here**
	May 1, 2018
	**EQUIP: The First Year**
	March 28, 2018
	**Direct-to-Patient Mammogram Results: It’s the Law**
	February 15, 2018
	**Inspecting the Inspectors: What it Takes to Remain an MQSA Qualified Inspector**
	January 8, 2018
	**Step on a Van to Have a Mammogram: MQSA Covers Mobile Mammography, Too**
	November 16, 2017
	**Good News for Public Health: Most Mammography Facilities are in Full Compliance with MQSA Regulations**
	October 4, 2017
	**EQUIP: The First 6 Months**
	August 25, 2017
	**MQSA Informational Resources for Facilities, Patients, and Healthcare Providers – An Overview**
	July 18, 2017
	**Accreditation Bodies: Who They Are and What They Do**
	May 18, 2017
	**The MQSA Program in Action: A Compliance Case History**
	April 5, 2017
	**The Annual MQSA Inspection: What Facilities Can Do To Help**
	February 23, 2017
	**Mammography Record Retention: What Should I Keep, and For How Long?**
	January 5, 2017
	**A Message from the Director, Division of Mammography Quality Standards (DMQS): EQUIP**
	December 2, 2016
	**EQUIP: Enhancing Quality Using the Inspection Program**
	October 21, 2016
	**Patient and Provider Notification (PPN): What to expect if your facility is ordered to perform a PPN**
	July 25, 2016
	**Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) Inspectors: What It Takes to Join this Dedicated Cadre**
	June 3, 2016
	**Poor Positioning Responsible For Most Clinical Image Deficiencies, Failures**
	April 11, 2016
	**States as Certifiers: Who They Are and What They Do**
	March 11, 2016
	**Mammography Facilities: Understanding Your Role in Medical Device Reporting**
	February 2, 2016
	**The Buck Stops Here: Facilities are Responsible for Ensuring the Annual Physicists Surveys and MEEs are Performed, Complete, and Addressed**
	January 8, 2016
	**PACS: An Ounce of Prevention...**
	December 1, 2015
	**Printers and the Evolution of Mammography**
	November 18, 2015
	**Screen-film mammography: Headed the way of xeromammography?**
	September 30, 2015
	**Trends in Mammography Dose and Image Quality 1974-2014**
	February 9, 2015
	**Establishing and/or Changing the Phantom Image Test Operating Levels**
	September 27, 2006
	**Trends in Mammography Dose and Image Quality 1974-2005**
	June 16, 2006
	**Average Glandular Dose in FDA-approved FFDM Systems**
	W. G. Mourad, Ph.D.; Information Management Branch; Division of Mammography Quality and Radiation Programs; Office of Communication, Education and Radiation Programs; March 15, 2005
	**What Actions Can FDA Take to Ensure Quality Mammography?**
	Sharon M. Davis, Consumer Safety Officer, Inspection and Compliance Branch; Division of Mammography Quality and Radiation Programs; Office of Communications, Education, and Radiation Programs; December 13, 2004
	**What It Means To Be MQSA Certified**
	Kathleen A. Franke Chief, Accreditation and Certification Branch; Division of Mammography Quality and Radiation Programs; Office of Communications, Education, and Radiation Programs
	**Medical Audit and Outcome Analysis - Are your Patients Getting the Full Picture?**
	W.G. Mourad, Ph.D.
	**Mammography Equipment Evaluations and the Annual Survey - Is Your Equipment Up to the Task?**
	Article relating quality of mammography at a facility to equipment used to produce the mammograms. - W.G. Mourad, Ph.D.
	**Mammography Quality - Are your Patients in Good Hands?**
	Article relating quality of mammography products and services to qualifications of the professionals who provide them. - W.G. Mourad, Ph.D.
	**Mammography Reports - Are you doing right by your patients?**
	Article on dealing with the contents of the mammography report and communicating examination results. - W. G. Mourad, Ph.D.
	**Recent Inspection Results**
	Information regarding the number and percentage of facilities having MQSA violations nationwide. - W. G. Mourad, Ph.D.

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