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.

Which LLM is best for explaining radiology results?
With patients gaining access to imaging reports earlier than ever, it's critical they have access to large language models that can accurately summarize the results.
Mammography services suspended at 2 hospitals following ACR review
A news release indicates the suspensions are due to breast images not meeting the college's clinical quality standards.
Significant variability found in pediatric CT imaging interpretations
Such discordance between pediatric and general radiologists could result in care delays and treatment changes.
Medicare releases guidance on new model targeting ‘wasteful’ radiology procedures
CMS explains how IR specialists can submit prior authorization requests to the federal payment program for seniors, including what evidence is required.
Beyond just nodules—model uses all low-dose CT data to make long-term lung cancer risk predictions
New findings published in RSNA's Radiology highlight the shortcomings of using nodule characteristics and patient history alone to predict an individual’s true cancer risk.

Decreased imaging use among perks of CMS’ at-home inpatient care expansion, hospitals say

The feds are granting providers “unprecedented regulatory flexibilities” to treat more than 60 different acute conditions in a home-based setting.

Providers blunt skyrocketing use of CT for pulmonary embolism, but numbers still climbing

CTPA delivery leapt 450% between 2004 and 2016, but efforts from Choosing Wisely and others may have made a dent, experts detailed in JAMA Network Open.

Radiologist trainees prevail in 69% of rare malpractice cases brought against them

Radiology litigation most frequently involved alleged misdiagnoses or procedural complications, Emory University experts wrote in JACR.

Physicians push Congress to delay imaging Appropriate Use Criteria Program indefinitely

Dozens of medical societies signed the request, addressed to the leaders of three key congressional committees.

CMS to penalize 2,500+ hospitals this year for excessive readmissions in years past

Coronavirus chaos notwithstanding, more than 80% of penalty-eligible hospitals will feel the pain of readmission reductions during the current fiscal year.

Paltry low-dose CT lung cancer screening numbers signal need for population health strategy shift

Cancer experts from China detailed some of their possible fixes in a recently published JAMA Network Open study.

USPSTF recommends lowering age for CT colonography screenings, drawing ‘strong’ support from ACR

The Preventative Services Task Force wants to cut the starting age for CTC and other methods by five years, and increase efforts to reach minority populations.

Cigna signs multi-year deal with Envision Healthcare to keep its 300 radiologists in-network

The Nashville-based imaging provider said the pact ensures that commercial and exchange plan members will have uninterrupted access to its services.

Quality

Which LLM is best for explaining radiology results?

Mammography services suspended at 2 hospitals following ACR review

Significant variability found in pediatric CT imaging interpretations

Medicare releases guidance on new model targeting ‘wasteful’ radiology procedures

Beyond just nodules—model uses all low-dose CT data to make long-term lung cancer risk predictions