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...
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...
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...
FierceHealthcare | The healthcare industry has put much focus on
pay-for-performance programs to improve the quality of care. Yet new research
questions this approach and suggests that providing financial incentives to doctors
and hospitals to deliver high-quality care may not ensure healthier patients.
After reviewing studies of incentive programs,...
AuntMinnie | Performing bedside ultrasound on emergency department (ED) patients with undifferentiated hypotension can reduce diagnostic uncertainty and have a clinically significant impact on more than half of cases, according to research from George Washington University (GWU) Medical Center.
In addition, the prospective study also found...
