A transcription incentive program for diagnostic imaging.
Unhappy with a five-day report turnaround time in 1989, managers of Rhode Island Hospital's diagnostic imaging department began to investigate transcription incentive programs and created a model for the organization based on the research. The authors provide implementation details in this article and report that after 15 months, the organization is experiencing increased productivity, decreased costs, motivated staff and improved report turnaround!
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Rhode Island Hospital.
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D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000592:standards*; D004526:Efficiency; D004649:Employee Incentive Plans; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000191:economics*; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D012237:Rhode Island