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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Time-of-day CT demand data provide low-cost method to improve radiology resource planning, quality

An uptick in pulmonary embolism diagnoses has underlined the need to improve CTPA workflows, experts argued in a new study. 

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Emory Healthcare saves nearly 300 hours of rad tech time through CT process improvements

The noted Atlanta-based system had grappled with increased advanced imaging volumes in its emergency department, creating a significant patient throughput bottleneck. 

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Developing a novel quality measure to address poor patient positioning in mammography

Patient body mass index, in particular, can contribute to poorer patient positioning, experts reported in the European Journal of Radiology. 

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American College of Radiology updates imaging appropriateness criteria with 13 new topics

ACR’s announcement covers several clinical scenarios, such as breast imaging in transgender patients or staging and follow-up for primary vaginal cancer. 

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Simulator helps early career radiologists master imaging appropriateness and other concepts

Weill Cornell Medicine created the Interactive Clinical Anatomy and Radiology Utilization Simulator utilizing 25 different peer-reviewed electronic modules. 

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Radiologists demand greater transparency from CMS in Merit-Based Incentive Payment System

Docs are “particularly concerned” that the dearth of data could be concealing issues with cost measures or benchmarks, 45 physician groups including the ACR wrote recently.

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Forearm fractures present unique opportunity for radiologists to help break cycle of domestic violence

Up to one-third of adult women treated for isolated ulnar fractures may be victims of such abuse, Boston researchers wrote in JACR. 

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ACR revokes mammography facility’s accreditation after ignored records request

The FDA is alerting patients who have received breast imaging services from Tennessee Women’s Care amid concerns about its safety practices. 

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