on March 27, 2013 |
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Topics: Imaging, Service Lines, CT, Safety, Quality, Performance Improvement, Patient Satisfaction, Service, Governance, Management Tools, Communication Skills, Skill Development, Workforce
Ben Lauing, Imaging Performance Partnership
Recent conversations, as well as our agenda setting topic poll, indicate that radiation dose risk is still a prominent area of focus for many of you. As I prepare for this Friday’s webconference, Advancing Radiation Dose Risk Management, I thought I’d take a moment to give you a sneak peek.
In addition to providing seven new strategic tactics, from the educational to the technological, we will review the current legislative landscape and examine the increasing involvement of payers in dose management efforts.
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From pamphlets to physicists: Customizing patient radiation dose education
on February 19, 2013 |
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Topics: CT, Imaging, Service Lines, Emergency Department, Pediatrics, Appropriateness, Quality, Performance Improvement, Safety
Ben Lauing, Imaging Performance Partnership
A recent study from the Annals of Emergency Medicine seeks to prevent unnecessary CT scans and radiation exposure in pediatric patients who present with blunt torso trauma. The authors examined 12,044 children in 20 emergency departments and developed a seven step prediction rule that identifies children at low risk of needing immediate abdominal intervention.
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Seven key factors to avert a pediatric CT
on February 4, 2013 |
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Topics: Medical Errors, Quality, Performance Improvement, Safety, Imaging, Service Lines
Stephanie Krent, Imaging Performance Partnership
Recently, one of our members asked us about surgical "time outs" and whether they can apply to radiology. Because patient safety is a focus for so many of you but isn't a topic we often address, I wanted to share my response.
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When should your radiologists take a ‘time out’?
