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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Alzheimer's researchers seek changes to FDA drug approval standards

Advocates and lead researchers of Alzheimer’s disease published “Single Endpoint for New Drug Approvals for Alzheimer’s Disease,” urging the FDA to clarify and modernize its approach for approving new treatments.

EDs see drastic increase in advanced imaging since 1995

A study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology found the use of advanced imaging in emergency departments (EDs) grew considerably over the past two decades, largely due to an aging population, crowded EDs and expanded indications for computed tomography (CT).

3-D Specimen Tomosynthesis enables a significant reduction in breast surgery re-excision rates

New research presented at the American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Conference in Las Vegas last week indicates that intraoperative use of 3-D specimen tomosynthesis enables breast surgeons to significantly reduce their re-excision rates compared to traditional 2-D imaging.

First-Ever European Analysis of Electronic Brachytherapy Using the Xoft System for Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatment to be Presented at European Society for Radiotherapy & Oncology Meeting

Preliminary results show targeted treatment offers low toxicity for patients with endometrial or cervical cancer.

Researchers present first-ever European analysis of electronic brachytherapy using Xoft System for endometrial and cervical cancer treatment at ESTRO Meeting

Preliminary results show targeted treatment offers low toxicity for patients with endometrial or cervical cancer

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Delaying starting age for mammography won’t reduce overdiagnoses

A survey of almost six million breast exams found not one case of untreated cancer had regressed by the next mammogram—refuting the notion that overdiagnosis could be reduced by delaying the starting age for mammography screening or increasing the interval between exams.

OSU rads use Six Sigma to streamline IR scheduling

A Six Sigma intervention at an academic interventional radiology (IR) department can be used as a template to streamline scheduling across other specialties, according to a Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) study.

Here's what you should have in an interventional radiology suite

The rapid growth of interventional radiology has left the specialty light on guidelines. The Society of Interventional Radiology is here to help.

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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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‘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.