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
Joint Commission Confirms Facilities Need an Expected Dose Range for All CT Protocols; Note to Self: XR-29 Does NOT Equal TJC Compliance
The following question was submitted to the Joint Commission: Must we establish an expected dose range for every imaging protocol or can we pick and choose the protocols for which we establish expected dose ranges and monitor only those? I interpret [PI.02.01.01.A.6.] to require monitoring of every protocol we use, not just some portion of… Read More
Meeting TJC’s Dose Incident Identification Requirements Using the Dose Index Registry
This article describes how the ACR’s Dose Index Registry (DIR) can be used to perform both incident identification and external benchmarking as required by the Joint Commission’s (TJC) 2015 Diagnostic Imaging Standards issued August 10, 2015. Read More
The Joint Commission’s Post Exam Incident Identification and Review Requirement
The Joint Commission (TJC) released its updated Diagnostic Imaging Requirements August 10, 2015. While many of these new requirements paired nicely with the new XR-29 equipment standards for dose recording and alerting the technologist when the system “projects” the prescribed scans will exceed the user-configured value (i.e., a pre-exam alert), the section titled Element of Performance for PI.02.01.01 A6. presents… Read More
Dose Registry Support Services 