Hidden costs of poor image quality: a radiologist's perspective.
Publication/Presentation Date
10-1-2014
Abstract
Although image quality is a well-recognized component in the successful delivery of medical imaging services, it has arguably declined over the past decade owing to several technical, economic, cultural, and geographic factors. To improve quality, the radiologist community must take a more proactive role in image quality analysis and optimization; these require analysis of not just the single step of image acquisition but the entire imaging chain. Radiologists can benefit through improved report accuracy, diagnostic confidence, and workflow efficiency. The derived data-driven analyses offer an objective means for provider performance analysis, which can help combat commoditization trends and self-referral by nonradiologist providers.
Volume
11
Issue
10
First Page
974
Last Page
978
ISSN
1558-349X
Published In/Presented At
Reiner B. I. (2014). Hidden costs of poor image quality: a radiologist's perspective. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR, 11(10), 974–978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2014.04.008
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
24889471
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article