New Jersey Innovation Institute, SaferMD develop new data registry for radiologists

Michael Walter | | Radiology Business | Quality

The New Jersey Institute of Technology’s New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) announced this week it has joined forces with SaferMD to provide radiologists with a new clinical-data registry.

The CMS-approved registry helps radiologists meet PQRS requirements by simplifying how they report on various quality metrics.

The NJII prepared statement emphasized that SaferMD is an organization known for improving patient safety by eliminating communication errors.

The registry is on display at the RBMA 2016 Radiology Summit in Colorado Springs, Colo., until April 27.

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Michael has more than 18 years of experience as a professional writer and editor. He has written at length about cardiology, radiology, artificial intelligence and other key healthcare topics.

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