Quality

The focus of quality improvement in healthcare is to bolster performance and processes related to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Leaders in this space also ensure the proper selection of imaging exams and procedures, and monitor the safety of services, among other duties. Reimbursement programs such as the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) utilize financial incentives to improve quality. This also includes setting and maintaining care quality initiatives, such as the requirements set by the Joint Commission.

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Researchers find variations in lung cancer screening practices

With deaths from lung cancer at an all-time high, a team of researchers looked at recommended guidelines for lung cancer screening, referral patterns and patient tracking methods in various CT facilities in North Carolina.

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Botched contrast uptake? Try post-processing—that should fix it right up

A German-Belgian group of researchers used post-processing tools to reduce repeat imaging when diagnosing pulmonary embolism, publishing their research in the February issue of Academic Radiology.

Revenue Cycle Management Renewal Signifies Collaboration and Performance for Florida-based North Broward Radiologists

Zotec Partners Delivers Exceptional Processes, Documentation Guidance and Revenue Improvements

Siemens Healthineers expands medical imaging learning modules

A thousand new learning modules for medical imaging have been added to Siemens Healthineers PEPconnect (Personalized Education Plan), expanding opportunities for physicians and medical technology assistants to learn.

Which radiology training is best for contrast management reactions, teamwork skills?

A group of researchers set out to assess the performance of high fidelity hands-on (HO) and computer-based (CB) stimulation training for contrast reaction (CR) management and teamwork skills (TS) of interprofessional teams of radiologists and medical staff.

What practices should know about imaging follow-ups in breast cancer

Researchers from Harvard Medical School published a review of breast cancer follow-up imaging in the February issue of The Breast, outlining appropriate procedures at different stages of breast cancer treatment.

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Feel free to reduce CT dose when diagnosing pulmonary embolism

Clinicians can reduce the “tube voltage” (kVp) in CT pulmonary angiography without reducing image quality, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Researchers conducted a retrospective study to measure CT pulmonary angiography image quality as tube voltage was lowered, taking into account patient size as well as the benefits of simple image post-processing.

Q&A: Roundtable with authors from ACR's 'Best of 2016' articles

Radiology Business spoke with authors from the four articles that made the Journal of the American College of Radiology's “The Best of 2016” to get some insight on each of their studies.

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Nearly $800,000 settlement offered to family of man who died during MRI exam

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

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Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

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‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.