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.

Don't forget to hit the gym: Exercise linked to memory

The positives of physical exercise are no secret. But new research published in the journal Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience may make you think again about skipping the gym.

August 30, 2016

Improved communication helps radiologists comply with CF protocol ... for a while

Improving communication with radiologists related to critical findings (CFs) has a positive impact on compliance, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. After time, however, the influence of that communication appears to fade.

August 26, 2016

Hitachi Medical Completes No-Charge Added Value Upgrade Program for Scenaria 128-slice CT Customers

Cleveland, Ohio (August 25, 2016): As part of Hitachi’s unmatched customer support commitment; Hitachi completes upgrading its entire US installed base of Scenaria 128-slice CT Systems to its’ latest SE product version at no charge for customers under full service agreement.

August 26, 2016

vRad Upgrades Radiology Patient Care Indices with Expanded Data and Artificial Intelligence

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — (August 24, 2016) — vRad (Virtual Radiologic), a MEDNAX, Inc. (NYSE: MD) company and the nation’s leading teleradiology services and telemedicine company, announced that it has enhanced and updated its RPCSM (Radiology Patient Care) Indices, the first findings-based national radiology benchmarking metrics, available at http://www.vrad.com/infographic/.

August 24, 2016

Brain scans show Zika damage in fetuses, newborns

Physicians and other researchers are only just beginning to understand the potentially harmful effects of the Zika virus on humans, which could be especially damaging to fetus’ developing brains. 

August 24, 2016

FDA approves new post-concussion cognition tests

Doctors will now have a more regulated way to check if head injuries have negatively impacted patients’ cognition. 

August 23, 2016

6 steps any radiology resident can take toward a rewarding ‘mini-fellowship’

Fourth-year radiology residents have options as to which areas of interest they’d like to sample prior to diving into the depths of their respective medical careers. Many use this time to boost their proficiency in radiology subspecialties. 

August 18, 2016
Dave Pearson

AI doesn’t stand for ‘annex imaging’—but could that day come?

Jason Kelly, MD, who practices in Denver, predicted the eventual demise of his profession at the hands of IBM’s Watson and its artificial-intelligence kin.

August 17, 2016

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"This was an unneeded burden, which was solely adding to the administrative hassles of medicine," said American Society of Nuclear Cardiology President Larry Phillips.

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

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