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.

Anna Lise Goldman, MD

ACA improved certain outcomes, increased utilization among previously uninsured

For people who qualify for subsidies to buy health coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the law led not only to expansions in the insured population but better access to care and more diagnoses of conditions like hypertension and high cholesterol.

April 3, 2018

Delivering meals to vulnerable patients may reduce ED visits

People who are “food insecure” and also have chronic conditions can be kept out of the hospital and the emergency department (ED) when meals are delivered to their homes—particularly meals that have been tailored to their needs by a dietitian.

April 3, 2018

How millennials are changing the way radiology is taught in med schools

Millennials are changing the way medical educators are teaching radiology—and there’s a lot to keep up with, Harvard Medical physician Priscilla J. Slanetz, MD, MPH, wrote in an Academic Radiology editorial last week.

April 3, 2018

Lower screening mammography recall rates associated with higher interval cancer rates

Lower screening mammography recall rates are associated with higher rates of breast cancers detected between screenings, according to a new study published in Radiology. Does this relationship between recall rates and interval cancers mean breast cancer screening programs should establish a minimum recall rate?

April 3, 2018
ACR

Latest ACR Appropriateness Criteria includes 3 new, 9 revised topics

The American College of Radiology (ACR) released the latest edition of its ACR Appropriateness Criteria on Monday, April 2, noting it has now been 25 years since the college released its first appropriateness criteria in 1993.

April 2, 2018

Could grassroots marketing be the key to radiology education?

The future of radiology education could lie in a more personal approach to marketing, three medical experts are suggesting in this month’s edition of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

April 2, 2018
ACR debuts turnkey PQI project

12 medical societies endorse new guidelines for stroke interventions

The Society of Intervention Radiology (SIR) and 11 other medical societies have endorsed revised guidelines for the nonsurgical, image-guided interventional treatment of acute ischemic stroke.

April 2, 2018

AAAHC Announces Winners of the Bernard A. Kershner Innovations in Quality Improvement Award

AAAHC recently honored a primary care center in Arizona and a surgical center in Connecticut for their exemplary work in quality improvement studies. The prestigious Bernard A. Kershner Innovations in Quality Improvement Award recognizes AAAHC-accredited organizations that successfully implemented meaningful changes in their operations to boost quality of care, patient safety and overall efficiency.

April 2, 2018