Maintaining quality control using a radiological digital X-ray dashboard.
Repeats are indicators for the quality-imaging manager to schedule additional training and to be used as a basis for dialog with the reading radiologists to improve the service and quality to patients and referring physicians. Through the thoughtful application of software and networking, dose management, X-ray usage, and repeat analysis data can be made available centrally. This provides clinically useful technologist-centric results greatly benefiting an enterprise. This study tracked a radiology department's use of a digital X-ray dashboard software application. It was discovered that 80% of the exams were performed by only 21% of the technologists and that the technologist with the highest throughput had a personal repeat rate of 6.5% compared to the department average of 7.6%. This study indicated that useful information could be derived and used as a basis for improving the radiology department's operations and in maintaining high quality standards.
Minnigh
Todd R
TR
Carestream Health, Inc, 150 Verona St, Rochester, NY 14608, USA.
Gallet
Jacqueline
J
D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D011786:Quality Control; D011859:Radiography / Q000592:standards*; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D012984:Software / Q000592:standards*