ACR touts Imaging 3.0 with case study

The American College of Radiology (ACR)'s Imaging 3.0 initiative has given imaging professionals the leadership tools to influence America's rapidly evolving healthcare system, providing case studies, technology management training, and programs such as the Imaging 3.0 Accelerator and Radiology Support communication, and Alignment Network, better known as R-SCAN.

The ACR continues to be proactive with an Imaging 3.0 case study concerning a recent article published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. The study investigated how dose-reduction strategies at the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center reduced abdominal CT exams by almost 30 percent, and the ACR outlined how researchers affected organizational change.

“There were inconsistencies with the ‘owner’ of protocols that were revamped and edited randomly,” said Gabriel Chiappone, MBA, associate director of imaging services in OSU’s radiology department. “CT studies were conducted in many geographic locations,” adds Nina Kowalczyk,  assistant professor at OSU’s department of clinical radiologic sciences. “In most cases, CT technologists reported to various supervisors; and, although CT study protocols were supposed to be standardized, they varied considerably.” 

OSU created a baseline protocol set to reduce disparity in patient dose and make it easier to step back doses to as low as reasonably possible.

Read more about the Wexner Medical Center’s dose-reduction endeavors at the link below.