Economic impact of quality control in diagnostic radiology.
With ever-increasing costs confronting health care facilities, much attention is being focused on various cost-containment projects. Although it is generally assumed that a radiology department quality control program will increase costs, institutional savings may also result. A comprehensive quality control program involving continuing education, simplification of technic, processor control, standardization of cassettes, and preventive maintenance resulted in substantial savings for a medical school radiology department.
D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D005845:Georgia; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000191:economics*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital; D011786:Quality Control; D011871:Radiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics*