In a recent poll 36% of facility administrators indicated they are using their CT scanners’ XR-29 dose notification and alert capabilities to meet The Joint Commission’s (TJC’s) Dose Incident Identification and Review requirements. The reality is that a majority (and likely a vast majority) of these facilities are not in compliance with TJC’s mandate. Hint: … Read More
Take the poll: How are facilities meeting The Joint Commission’s Dose Incident Identification Requirement?
I’m taking a poll on how facilities are meeting The Joint Commission’s requirement to identify Dose Incidents. Those wishing to respond may do so using the web response process described below. I will share the results in an upcoming LinkedIn post. This poll will be live through midday, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. No identifying information is required.… Read More
Meeting The Joint Commission’s Dose Incident Identification and External Benchmarking Requirements Using the ACR’s Dose Index Registry
Here is the Abstract and link to an article I co-authored which was recently published in the JACR online edition, and which will be published in the JACR August print edition. The article describes how we used our ACR Dose Index Registry data to meet The Joint Commission’s requirement to establish expected dose ranges for every CT protocol and… Read More