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Performance-Based Assessment of Radiology Practitioners: Promoting Improvement in Accordance with the 2007 Joint Commission Standards

2007; Elsevier BV; Volume: 4; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jacr.2007.05.007

1558-349X

Lane F. Donnelly,

Innovations in Medical Education

Departments of radiology should look on the new Joint Commission [1Joint CommissionComprehensive accreditation manual for hospitals: The official handbook. Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill2007Google Scholar] guidelines for credentialing and privileging as a means to foster quality improvement within their own departments. With changes in technology and hospital information systems that make measurable parameters having meaning easier to collect, the parameters used in such a provider performance system will constantly be evolving. We describe the system we currently have in place, which attempts to capitalize on many of the positive events that are already occurring in our department and minimize the amount of need for additional data collection. We hope that the description of this program may help others who are working on their own programs for provider performance-based privileging.