Health care reform in radiology / Richard C. Semelka and Jorge Elias Jr.
Material type: TextPublisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell, ©2013Description: 1 online resource (iv, 208 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781118642214
- 111864221X
- 9781118642276
- 1118642279
- 129964984X
- 9781299649842
- 9781118642290
- 1118642295
- Radiology -- United States
- Health care reform -- United States
- Radiology -- economics
- Radiology -- trends
- Costs and Cost Analysis
- Health Care Reform
- Quality of Health Care
- Unnecessary Procedures -- economics
- United States
- MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services -- Radiological & Ultrasound Technology
- MEDICAL -- Radiology & Nuclear Medicine
- Health care reform
- Radiology
- United States
- 616.07/570681 23
- RC78.15 .S46 2013eb
- WN 100
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Health care reform : the scope of the problem / Richard C. Semelka, Diane Armao, and Jorge Elias Jr. -- Only studies which are necessary / Diane Armao, Jorge Elias Jr., and Richard C. Semelka -- Radiation dose reduction / Jorge Elias Jr. and Richard C. Semelka -- Alternate imaging studies to CT / Jorge Elias Jr., Lauren M.B. Burke, and Richard C. Semelka -- Patient information / Jorge Elias Jr. and Richard Semelka -- Are we doing the right study? / Diane Armao, Jorge Elias Jr., and Richard C. Semelka -- Radiology medical education / Jorge Elias Jr. and Richard C. Semelka -- Quality metrics for radiology practice / Richard C. Semelka and Jorge Elias Jr. -- Medicolegal reform / Jorge Elias Jr. and Richard C. Semelka -- Pressures on reduced compensation for clinical service / Jorge Elias Jr. and Richard C. Semelka -- National health care systems / Jorge Elias Jr., Lauren M.B. Burke, Richard C. Semelka -- Research in radiology / Richard C. Semelka [and five others].
The first book-length treatment of this absolutely essential topic, Health Care Reform in Radiology provides a cogent, concise discussion of major issues related to health care reform from the perspective of fellow imaging specialists. This latest volume in the Current Clinical Imaging series provides radiologists with a solid footing in where they are now and where they can expect to be over the next ten years. Topics include: evidence-based outcomes for health care delivery, impact of imaging tests' effectiveness, patient safety, medicolegal reform, reimbursement issues, universal hea.
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