Health care reform in radiology / Richard C. Semelka and Jorge Elias Jr.
By: Semelka, Richard C [author.].
Contributor(s): Elias, Jorge, Jr [author.].
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BookPublisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell, ©2013Description: 1 online resource (iv, 208 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781118642214; 111864221X; 9781118642276; 1118642279; 129964984X; 9781299649842; 9781118642290; 1118642295.Subject(s): 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 StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Health care reform in radiology.DDC classification: 616.07/570681 Online resources: Wiley Online Library 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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