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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Offering imaging exam for free ups utilization by 546%, with key gains in underserved populations

University Hospitals Health System tested the pricing change in a bid to boost outcomes in its service area. 

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Tech firm focused on quashing misdiagnoses in radiology scores key designation from the feds

Covera Health joins a list of less than 100 entities in the U.S. that have earned this nod from AHRQ. 

‘The best radiology in the world’: How Radiology Alliance and the University of Rochester scored a triple win on incidental findings

Sponsored by Nuance

Providers harness Nuance technology to create backstop for imaging cases that may slip through the cracks

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Current LDCT lung cancer screening thresholds may be leaving Black patients behind

This population has been underrepresented in LCS trials, despite having a higher incidence of the disease, experts reported in JACR. 

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Accreditors suspend hospital’s mammography services over ‘serious image quality deficiencies’

It was back in April that the American College of Radiology alerted the FDA of concerns found at St. Bernard Parish Hospital in Chalmette, Louisiana. 

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Choosing Wisely alone not enough to drop low-value imaging of clogged neck arteries

That’s according to the results of a new investigation of value at the Veterans Affairs Health System, published in JAMA Network Open.

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Announcing the winners of Radiology Business Journal’s 3rd annual Imaging Innovation Awards

A panel of judges winnowed the final list down to five after receiving dozens of submissions from some of the biggest names in imaging. 

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Imaging watchdog Covera Health inks first payer partnership aimed at boosting radiology quality

The NYC startup made waves last year when it teamed with Walmart to help the retail giant guide employees toward high-value diagnostics. 

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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.