Topics
Patient SafetyPatient Safety
Clinical Practice GuidelinesClinical Practice Guidelines
Referring Physician SurveyReferring Physician Survey
Double ReadingDouble Read
Reporting TimelinessReporting Timeliness
Quality AwarenessQuality Awareness

   
In the News

 

   February Issue of JACR Features Significant Articles Regarding Radiation Safety

   Study Shows How Medicare Rewards MDs for Overuse

   Radiation Dose Reduction With Chest Computed Tomography Using Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction Technique: Initial Experience

   CT Colonography: Performance and Program Outcome Measures in an Older Screening Population

   Rising Obesity Rate Creates Unique Imaging Challenges

Patient Safety

>> The Delicate Balance Between Radiation Exposure and Imaging Efficacy

>> Radiology Plays Important Role in Overall Patient Safety

>> Keeping patients from falling through the cracks: U-M/VA medical imaging study shows how it can be done

Clinical Practice Guidelines

>> Guidelines Fail to Identify Most Early Stage Ovarian Cancers

>> Lung Cancer Guidelines Advise Against General CT Screening

>> Screening CT Colonography: How I Do It

Referring Physician Survey

>> Valuable Tools to Determine How Patients and Colleagues View Your Practice

>> How Are Your Referral Relationships?

>> Incorrect Or Incomplete Referrals: Are You Trapped In A Snarl Of Preventable Problems?

Double Read

>> Additional Double Reading of Screening Mammograms Boosts Accuracy

>> Breast Imaging: Entering the Electronic Era

>> Breast Cancer Detection Rates Go Up, Patient Recall Rates Go Down With Consensus Double Reading

Reporting Timeliness

>> Authors Reiner and Siegel address reporting turnaround time, "the bane of radiologist's existence."

>> According to radiologic technologist Jeffrey L. Fultz, anyone who has worked in radiology for any length of time knows that next to patient care, repo

>> Competitive pressures demand faster radiology report turnaround. ... physicians to seek more responsive facilities with faster turnaround times. ...