Adding a Biopsy Service to Ultrasound.
*The changing climate in healthcare has led to some very hard decisions regarding revenue generation and cost avoidance. A decision was made to not allow the nephrologists to perform renal biopsies utilizing interventional radiology resources that had previously been available. *For nephrologists th...
| Publicado en: | Radiology Management Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 19 - 26 |
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| Formato: | CEU exam questions tables/charts Journal Article |
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AHRA: The Association for Medical Imaging Management
Jul/Aug2016
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=117018337&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 117018337 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 01987097 39VR jtl: Radiology Management issn: 01987097 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul/Aug2016 vid: 38 iid: 4 pid: 34975 pub: AHRA: The Association for Medical Imaging Management place: Itasca, Illinois artinfo: ui: 117018337 117018337 NLM30508328 117018337 NLM30508328 117018337 ppf: 19 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Adding a Biopsy Service to Ultrasound. aug: au: Bush, Curtis affil: director, imaging services, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas sug: subj: Ultrasonography Kidney Diseases Diagnosis Biopsy Methods Quality of Health Care Program Development Organizational Change Texas Program Evaluation Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire Education, Continuing (Credit) ab: *The changing climate in healthcare has led to some very hard decisions regarding revenue generation and cost avoidance. A decision was made to not allow the nephrologists to perform renal biopsies utilizing interventional radiology resources that had previously been available. *For nephrologists that wanted to continue performing their own biopsies, the plan was to redesign how they were performed using only an ultrasound technologist in the room. *The sonographers had never been required to perform any invasive proce- dure at this facility, and would be required to obtain skills and competencies in a short period of time for this to be successful. *This is a guide through the change pro- cess for the technologists and physicians to ultimately lead to an efficient and safe way to perform procedures for the renal transplant physicians. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: CEU exam questions tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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