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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
Quality care and safety know no borders
1Department of Quality and Safety, American College of Radiology, Reston, Virginia, United States.
Abstract:
The public, governmental agencies, and payers expect medical professional organisations to develop practice guidelines and technical standards. The American College of Radiology proactively addresses these topics as well as other quality and safety interests including appropriateness criteria and accreditation. The College is also actively involved in development of a national radiology data base to collect data regarding quality and safety metrics in multiple areas. In addition, the College has developed RADPEER™, a simple, cost-effective process that allows peer review to be performed during the routine interpretation of current images. This paper discusses the efforts of the ACR in all of these areas.
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