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.

Hospital's poor radiation safety protocols led to cancer 'cluster' among staff, rad tech claims
The technologist, who was diagnosed with aggressive lymphoma in 2023, says she previously took her concerns to leadership, but her claims were not taken seriously.
Second phase of trial testing GE HealthCare's GBCA alternative gets underway
The imaging agent was recently granted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Fast Track designation, as early clinical testing has been promising.
'Sterility failures' prompt FDA to threaten radiopharmaceutical producer with disciplinary action
Multiple issues that could raise the risk of product contamination were discovered during an inspection, according to an FDA warning letter.
Tourists more likely to undergo unnecessary imaging in the ED
“From an operational perspective, these findings have implications for staffing and resource planning in emergency radiology departments serving high-tourism regions."
New data raise concern about Medicare quality payment program, radiology experts say
"Topped-out" measures may not actually reflect universally high performance, a new analysis of CMS data shows.

Hospital's poor radiation safety protocols led to cancer 'cluster' among staff, rad tech claims

The technologist, who was diagnosed with aggressive lymphoma in 2023, says she previously took her concerns to leadership, but her claims were not taken seriously.

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Second phase of trial testing GE HealthCare's GBCA alternative gets underway

The imaging agent was recently granted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Fast Track designation, as early clinical testing has been promising.

'Sterility failures' prompt FDA to threaten radiopharmaceutical producer with disciplinary action

Multiple issues that could raise the risk of product contamination were discovered during an inspection, according to an FDA warning letter.

Tourists more likely to undergo unnecessary imaging in the ED

“From an operational perspective, these findings have implications for staffing and resource planning in emergency radiology departments serving high-tourism regions."

New data raise concern about Medicare quality payment program, radiology experts say

"Topped-out" measures may not actually reflect universally high performance, a new analysis of CMS data shows.

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Nearly 200 radiology reports never sent to patients' referring providers, health authority says

Complaints stemming from such delays prompted officials to look further into the issue, eventually leading them to discover that nearly 200 reports had not been sent to patients’ referring providers.

Facility puts mammo services on hold after audit uncovers 'serious' image quality concerns

Women who underwent mammograms at the facility during the specified timeframe may need to have those exams repeated.

William P. Shutze, MD, FACS, secretary of the Society of Vascular Surgery (SVS), a vascular surgeon with Texas Vascular Associates in Plano, Texas, and a clinical associate professor of medicine at Texas A&M College of Medicine, explains the goals of the SVS quality assessment program.

SVS quality initiative gathers data to improve vascular care

More than 7,000 physicians from a wide variety of healthcare specialties are already participating in the project.