A combination of well-known safety procedures could prevent most patient-harming errors in radiation therapy, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) and Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists, July 31 to Aug. 4 in Vancouver, Canada.
SAN ANTONIO—According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), all non-hospital providers of advanced diagnostic imaging, inclusive of nuclear medicine, MR, CT and PET, must obtain accreditation as a condition for reimbursement by Jan. 1, 2012. Just who is authorized to offer such accreditation was the subject of a June 26 afternoon presentation at the 2011 Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) conference & expo.
Driven by robust clinical information systems, rigorous performance measurement has led Intermountain Healthcare in Utah to achieve healthcare's holy grail: vastly improved patient outcomes at substantially lower costs.
Written by Clint vanSonnenberg
Following the revocation of his medical license for errors in image interpretation, radiologist Darius Tsatsi has hired political activist and free speech lawyer Douglas Christie and filed suit against the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan, the province’s Minister of Health and Sunrise Health Region for defamation.
The majority of ‘near misses’ in radiology are repeated errors that carry severe risks for patients, and yet nearly half are detected by simple good fortune, without barriers to prevent the problems from actually occurring, according to a single institution study published in the May issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
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