• 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 [Archived]
  September 27, 2006
• Trends in Mammography Dose and Image Quality 1974-2005 [Archived]
  June 16, 2006
• Average Glandular Dose in FDA-approved FFDM Systems [Archived]
  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? [Archived]
  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 [Archived]
  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? [Archived]
  W.G. Mourad, Ph.D.
• Mammography Equipment Evaluations and the Annual Survey - Is Your Equipment Up to the Task? [Archived]
  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? [Archived]
  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? [Archived]
  Article on dealing with the contents of the mammography report and communicating examination results. - W. G. Mourad, Ph.D.
• Recent Inspection Results [Archived]
  Information regarding the number and percentage of facilities having MQSA violations nationwide. - W. G. Mourad, Ph.D.