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 March 18, 2013 |
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Topics: Imaging, Service Lines, Market Trends, Strategy, Appropriateness, Quality, Performance Improvement
Stephanie Krent, Imaging Performance Partnership
Last week, MedPAC released its annual report to Congress. While taking note of a decrease in utilization over the past year, the report again highlighted the overall imaging growth rate—noting that the 85% increase in imaging volumes between 2000 and 2009 likely outweighs the less than 4% decrease in volumes between 2010 and 2011.
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MedPAC releases 2013 annual report; what’s in store for imaging?
on February 27, 2013 |
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Topics: Imaging, Service Lines, Quality, Performance Improvement, Process Improvement, Efficiency, Care Coordination, Methodologies, Care Management
Ben Lauing, Imaging Performance Partnership
One of our members recently asked us about communicating incidental findings to referring physicians. As many of you have raised this topic, I thought I would share a few case studies we’ve uncovered during our research on quality in imaging.
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Three tactics to improve physician comprehension of incidental findings
