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Benchmarking , Mammography , Breast Neoplasms , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Mass ScreeningSubject(s)
Early Detection of Cancer , Mammography , Breast Neoplasms , Humans , Mass Screening , NeoplasmsABSTRACT
Teleradiology services are now embedded into the workflow of many radiology practices in the United States, driven largely by an expanding corporate model of services. This has brought opportunities and challenges to both providers and recipients of teleradiology services and has heightened the need to create best-practice guidelines for teleradiology to ensure patient primacy. To this end, the ACR Task Force on Teleradiology Practice has created this white paper to update the prior ACR communication on teleradiology and discuss the current and possible future state of teleradiology in the United States. This white paper proposes comprehensive best-practice guidelines for the practice of teleradiology, with recommendations offered regarding future actions.
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Teleradiology/standards , Advisory Committees , Certification , Computer Security , Contract Services , Economic Competition , Ergonomics , Fees and Charges , Humans , Insurance, Liability , Licensure , Peer Review , Privacy , Quality Assurance, Health Care , Radiology Information Systems/standards , Societies, Medical , Teleradiology/economics , Teleradiology/legislation & jurisprudence , Time Factors , United States , WorkflowABSTRACT
An ACR task force investigated the changing roles of general and subspecialized radiologists in current academic and private practice settings. The task force considered historical factors that influenced the evolution of current practice models and evaluated recent socioeconomic trends that will influence the future of radiology practices. The task force proposes a new model of multispecialty radiologists as an exciting and viable option to help build robust future academic and private radiology practices.
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Forecasting , General Practitioners/trends , Physician's Role , Radiology/trendsABSTRACT
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that was signed into law in March 2010 included specific language codifying a new health care entity, the accountable care organization. The accountable care organization model is put forward as a way to increase value in health care, that is, improving outcomes as efficiently as possible. It is not known whether this concept can be applied successfully beyond the carefully selected examples where it already functions. Three general principles figure prominently in known successful models: the provision of efficient primary care, shared savings, and IT infrastructure. The authors discuss these concepts, ongoing uncertainties, and how radiologists may fit into an accountable care organization.
