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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Notable names among 22 sites joining ACR’s new initiative to improve cancer diagnostics

Those include Radiology Partners, Solis Mammography, Cleveland Clinic, Stanford Health Care and Intermountain, among others, the college announced Thursday. 

AI-assisted document annotation and data labeling from the start-up ScienceIO is supposed to give providers a tool to turn documents into data. Documents are automatically labeled and users have the ability to edit them and add their own labels. The Annotate software is designed for healthcare records, protocols and papers and is more 20 times faster than manual labeling.

Mayo Clinic launching 4 startups with healthcare partners

Mayo Clinic’s immersive program for health tech startups has launched its initial cohort of companies, starting with four AI startups.

 

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Cancer screening in need of ‘urgent attention’ to address lingering effects from COVID shutdowns

Accredited U.S. programs have reported sizable monthly screening deficits for lung, breast, and colorectal cancer, researchers reported recently. 

Philips has recalled its ventillators

Philips ventilators recalled

The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled more ventilators manufactured by Philips.

 

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Study charts uptick in unnecessary CT, MR imaging surveillance of noninvasive bladder cancer

The impact of these patterns is substantial and may have negative consequences for patients and the healthcare system, experts wrote in JAMA Network Open. 

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Top 15 health systems by reputation

Patients are taking more power into their hands when it comes to rating healthcare systems. And those reputation scores can have a big impact on health systems.

 

Nurse working in a COVID care unit at Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix. A new study shows the metal health of nurses under the pandemic can directly impact the level of care their patients receive.

New COVID-19 study links nurses’ mental health to quality of care

Stories of stress and burnout among healthcare workers, particularly nurses, continue to make news during the COVID-19 pandemic and new research shows these mental health problems can  decreased quality of patient care provided to patients.

Brain MRI for early stage, non-small cell lung cancer likely unnecessary, study asserts

Guidelines recommend routine brain MRI for advanced NSCLC, but there is no consensus around doing so during early stages, experts wrote in Radiology. 

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