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Radiation dose legislation: Is your state next?

on June 10, 2013  |  Permalink

Topics: CT, Imaging, Service Lines, Safety, Quality, Performance Improvement, Clinical Documentation, Information Technology, Payer and Regulatory Policy, Revenue Cycle, Finance

Ben Lauing, Imaging Performance Partnership

Our recent webconference Advancing Radiation Dose Risk Management touched briefly on the landscape for emerging radiation dose regulations. I thought I’d take this opportunity to go into a little more detail on the states we profiled: California, Connecticut, and Texas.

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Radiation dose legislation: Is your state next?

Best practice teleradiology from the ACR

on May 28, 2013  |  Permalink

Topics: Imaging, Service Lines, Telemedicine, Information Technology, Physician Issues

Shaun Lillard, Imaging Performance Partnership

Are you considering teleradiology for your imaging program? A new white paper from the American College of Radiology (ACR) outlines four underlying principles that should guide any institution utilizing the service.

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Best practice teleradiology from the ACR

National meeting preview: See what we've learned about CDS

on May 16, 2013  |  Permalink

Topics: Service Lines, Imaging, Information Technology

Stephanie Krent, Imaging Performance Partnership

As we’ve researched the use of clinical decision support systems for imaging, we’ve heard it all. Many have lauded CDS as the silver bullet that will solve their utilization problems overnight, while others deride it as yet another workflow barrier for busy physicians that won’t produce results.

With so much interest from our members—62% of you gave the topic a “A” grade in our recent topic poll—I thought I’d offer a “sneak peek” of what we’re seeing and provide an overview of what the clinical decision support landscape looks like today.

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National meeting preview: See what we've learned about CDS