| Ensuring quality and safety. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 20449936 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
The certification model addresses quality and safety by directly targeting the qualifications of individuals. The practice accreditation model takes a more global approach to quality and safety and addresses the qualifications of individuals and standards for additional components of the quality chain. Although both certification and practice accreditation fundamentally are voluntary, the programs may become mandatory when enforcement mechanisms are linked to the programs via state or federal legislation or via private reimbursement policies, effectively resulting in mandatory standards. The CARE bill takes a certification approach to quality and safety by focusing on the qualifications of the individual. MIPPA takes an accreditation approach by focusing on the practice. MQSA is somewhat of a hybrid in that it takes an accreditation approach, but spells out standards for the individual that the accreditor must follow. If the practice accreditation standards require that all technologists employed in the practice be certified in the modalities performed, then the practice accreditation model and the certification model become functionally equivalent in terms of personnel qualifications. To the extent that practice accreditation models are less prescriptive regarding personnel standards, the certification model results in more stringent standards. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Jerry Reid |
Related Documents
:
|
15113596 - A qualitative retrospective analysis of positive control data in developmental neurotox... 9111116 - The false-negative fraction for papanicolaou smears: how often are "abnormal" smears no... 7293966 - Atypicality indices as reference values for laboratory data. 11140616 - A model for a multicentre approach to the derivation of reference intervals for thyroid... 17382946 - Multi-objective optimization for model predictive control. 20950206 - Psychometric evaluation of an assessment of awareness using two different rasch models. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Radiologic technology Volume: 81 ISSN: 1943-5657 ISO Abbreviation: Radiol Technol Publication Date: 2010 May-Jun |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2010-05-07 Completed Date: 2010-08-13 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 0401256 Medline TA: Radiol Technol Country: United States |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 499-501 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
|
ARRT, 1255 Northland Drive, St Paul, MN 55120-1155, USA. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Credentialing
/
legislation & jurisprudence*,
standards* Diagnostic Imaging / standards Humans Radiation Protection / standards Radiotherapy / standards Safety Management / legislation & jurisprudence, standards Technology, Radiologic / legislation & jurisprudence*, standards* United States |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Impact of dye injection on intracoronary pressure.
Next Document: Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in NSW.