Quality

Engaging Physicians in Hospital Radiology Quality Initiatives

The question of how to engage physicians in hospital quality initiatives “is one that many organizations are grappling with,” according to Albert Bothe, MD, chief quality officer for Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania.

Medical Imaging Review, January 26, 2010

The Quest for Quality in Radiology

With Quality Counts as its theme for 2009, the RSNA’s 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, obviously emphasized multiple aspects of quality assurance, control, and improvement.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, January 18, 2010

CT Radiation Dose on the Table

Long a point of concern in Europe, radiation dose has emerged as a key point of consideration for pediatric radiologists in the United States, particularly with the development of multidetector CT.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, January 18, 2010

All Eyes on Accreditation

In July 2008, Congress passed the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA)

ImagingBiz Newsletter, December 21, 2009

Quality Control With A Custom Fit

Less than a year ago, the radiology department at the Fletcher Allen Medical Center (FAMC), Burlington, Vermont, the hospital affiliate of the University of Vermont College of Medicine, was struggling with antiquated peer-review and quality-control (QC) methods.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, November 18, 2009

Cracking the Code for Improving Quality

As the entire health care continuum comes under increased scrutiny in terms of both cost and effectiveness, radiologists and administrators alike have fresh cause to contemplate quality in the delivery of imaging services.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, October 14, 2009

MIPPA’s Impact on Imaging

At the 2009 annual meeting of AHRA: The Association for Medical Imaging Management in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 12.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, September 10, 2009

Radiology’s Role in Limiting Health Care–acquired Infections

In a session at this month’s meeting of AHRA

ImagingBiz Newsletter, August 17, 2009

PQRI: Money on the Table

Medicare made more than $36 million in payments to more than 56,000 physicians who participated in the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative in 2007.

Radiology Business Journal, May 01, 2009

Atlas Scanned

In trying to understand the current shift in economic and political winds, I thought it would be helpful to take a new look at a classic depiction of the US capitalist system, as portrayed in one of American fiction’s great works.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, March 15, 2009

The Push for Productivity

In an era of declining reimbursement for radiology, one practice is testing the limits of IT’s ability to improve productivity

Radiology Business Journal, December 01, 2008

Packaging Versus Bundling: Let the Battle Begin

There are very important differences between packaged services and bundled services. Unfortunately, many people use these terms interchangeably, which may result in incorrect coding practices (and, potentially, in lost revenue for the organization).

ImagingBiz Newsletter, November 15, 2008

NightHawk Offers Model for QA

It’s easy to let quality assurance (QA) slip into a lip-service category, but that is something that a nighttime stat-reading teleradiology service can’t afford to do—particularly if it is an industry leader like NightHawk Radiology Services.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, September 15, 2008

What is Quality Radiology?

The 1999 Institute of Medicine report To Err Is Human¹ brought the extent and severity of medical errors to the attention of policymakers, hospital administrative staff, and health care providers.

Radiology Business Journal, September 01, 2008

Surveying Referrers Provides Valuable Guidance

During a client consultation via conference call last month, I was asked what other radiology practices are doing to deliver reports.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, August 15, 2008

Transforming the PACS Vendor Relationship

Radiologists at Yale University figuratively equate their PACS with a toolbox and themselves with artisans, from whose hands now spring forth remarkably useful pictures.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, July 15, 2008

Eight Ways to Motivate Your Practice Representatives

The proper care (and feeding) of your practice representatives is a process, not an event.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, July 15, 2008

Quality in Radiology: Science or Science Fiction?

In times of turmoil, I have always turned to science fiction. Hard science is, well, too hard for this intellect, and science fiction offers refuge when the world around is, as Wordsworth said, too much with us.

Radiology Business Journal, June 15, 2008

What Radiology Can Do to Improve Its Health

Everywhere one looks, these days, there is uncertainty about the future of radiology.

Radiology Business Journal, June 15, 2008

Creating a Blog That No One Will Read

A couple of years ago, the CEO of a $100-million company was presiding over a conference call with about 16 senior members of several divisions of the company.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, June 12, 2008

Issue Tracking for Image Quality Improvement

Paul Nagy, PhD, is director of quality and informatics research and associate professor of radiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.

Radinformatics, February 15, 2008

Improving Gadolinium-based Contrast Safety

It is clear that gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCA) for MRI improve detection (sensitivity), characterization (specificity), disease staging, and diagnostic confidence levels. It has also become clear that nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) is associated with their use in patients with preexisting kidney disease.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, February 15, 2008

The Flat World Imperative

In a world where a radiologist in Bombay can interpret an x-ray from Buffalo, the Mayo Clinic’s Stephen Swensen, MD, maintains that quality is the only way to distinguish a radiology service.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, February 13, 2008

SIIM 2007 Report

The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM, formerly SCAR) met last week in Providence, Rhode Island. Some of the hot topics included the following:

ImagingBiz Newsletter, June 12, 2007

Radiation Dosage Monitoring in CT

Was it just a few years ago that potential to reduce exposure was one of the benefits touted for adoption of multi-slice CT?

ImagingBiz Newsletter, May 15, 2007

Gadolinium and You: Why Imaging Centers Should Be Concerned

The connection between gadolinium and the disease known as nephrogenic fibrosis syndrome (NFS) presents an urgent and immediate reason for imaging centers to amend MR policies, procedures, and protocols.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, May 15, 2007

Dose Awareness Movement Gains Steam

Efforts to raise awareness of radiation dose in medical imaging saw significant activity on three fronts this past month, suggesting that radiology may be mobilizing to raise awareness of the issue.

ImagingBiz Newsletter, May 15, 2007

The Case for Emergency Responder Magnet Safety, Part I

You run a sound MRI operation with employees well trained in magnet safety, but have you ever thought about the scene following a fire alarm being pulled?

ImagingBiz Newsletter, November 15, 2006

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