Quality

The focus of quality improvement in healthcare is to bolster performance and processes related to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Leaders in this space also ensure the proper selection of imaging exams and procedures, and monitor the safety of services, among other duties. Reimbursement programs such as the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) utilize financial incentives to improve quality. This also includes setting and maintaining care quality initiatives, such as the requirements set by the Joint Commission.

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Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD, MS, editor of the the RSNA journal Radiology: Artificial Intelligence, and professor and vice chair of radiology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He discusses the need to validate artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms with your own patient population to determine if it is accurate for a specific institutions patients. He also explains how bias can be inadvertently added into a algorithm, and how the AI may take learning shortcuts. #AI

VIDEO: Assessing radiology AI and understanding programatic bias 

Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD, MS, editor of the the RSNA  journal Radiology: Artificial Intelligence, and professor and vice chair of radiology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, discusses the need to validate AI algorithms with your own patient population data.  

COVID-19 vaccines prevented 300K deaths in 2021

COVID-19 vaccines were very effective at preventing serious illness and excess deaths in 2021, according to new data from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The vaccines were also linked to considerable cost savings. 

Walmart launches Healthcare Research Institute

Retail giant Walmart has launched the Healthcare Research Institute as an effort to increase access to clinical research.

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Most consumers are not shopping around for better healthcare prices

While the Biden administration and federal agencies have made price transparency a long-term goal for the U.S. healthcare industry, a recent study revealed Americans aren’t actually shopping around very often for better healthcare prices.

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Majority of Americans do not approve of U.S. healthcare system

The majority of U.S. adults do not approve of how healthcare is handled in the nation, according to a recent poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Heart studies under fire for allegedly manipulating data

Three medical journals are investigating possible manipulation of data in heart studies led by researchers from Temple University that found favorable health impacts of blood thinners.

US life expectancy falls, primarily due to COVID-19

The numbers are worse for men compared to women, according to a new CDC report. 

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Most overdose patients are not tested for fentanyl

Hospital ER departments are missing out on overdose surveillance as the opioid epidemic continues to ravage the United States. 

 

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