Quantifying radiation safety and quality in medical imaging, part 3: the quality assurance scorecard.
Publication/Presentation Date
10-1-2009
Abstract
The practice of medical imaging is fraught with inconsistency as it relates to quality assurance, which is due in part to the lack of standardization and objective quality-centric data. By applying the scientific methods of Shewhart and Deming to medical imaging quality assessment, one can devise an objective, data-driven quality model, encompassing the various steps and processes that take place within the medical imaging chain. Through automated recording, tracking, and analysis of these quality data elements, a quantitative scorecard can be derived that provides an objective measure of quality performance, relating to each individual process, participating stakeholder, and technology being used. Through meta-analysis of these quality-centric data, best practice guidelines can be created, which in turn promote quality as the major differentiating feature of service providers.
Volume
6
Issue
10
First Page
694
Last Page
700
ISSN
1558-349X
Published In/Presented At
Reiner B. I. (2009). Quantifying radiation safety and quality in medical imaging, part 3: the quality assurance scorecard. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR, 6(10), 694–700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2009.05.009
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
19800588
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article