Quality Assurance

There are different opinions on how a hospital based radiology practice should be run or how a transition from one group to another should occur. However, in each of these situations, there is one common denominator. The hospital medical staff must be engaged in both situations in order to be successful. Part 1 – Let [...]

DiagnosticImaging | It is something we all dread: a phone call from a colleague to tell us there was something they found that we did not. It makes your heart race. Most of the time, the clinicians or partners are kind — but not always. Even when they are, mistakes can make you feel embarrassed [...]

Imaging Center Accreditation Options Health care organizations are held to high standards, and for good reason.  The general public has the right to receive the best medical care available while Medicare and other payers need to be assured that facilities are properly run and diagnosis, treatment and billing is on the up and up.  By [...]

AuntMinnie | Radiology groups are losing hospital contracts in record numbers as imaging services have become increasingly commoditized — especially with the advent of  teleradiology, which gives groups a break from night call but also exposes them to the threat of replacement. There are strategies, however, that radiologists can use to align their practices more closely to the [...]

imagingBiz | Automated entry of procedure codes in radiology reports reduces the percentage of errors compared to manual entry, reveals a study conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts and published in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR). In 2007, the hospital’s radiology department migrated to automated [...]