California’s law requiring radiation dose levels be included in CT reports goes into effect this year. Do you think states should require dose levels in radiology reports?
Diagnostic Imaging spoke with Dr. Johnsey Leef III, a radiologist with Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, WV, about how the industry is responding to the call for lower dose imaging and what his department is doing to address the issue.
Starting July 1, diagnostic radiologists in California will be required to include radiation dose levels in all CT reports. Response has been mainly positive, but there are still concerns about the legislation's effect on daily practice.
California practices will be required to report CT dose starting July 1, and some are already seeing a culture change when it comes to radiation dose levels.
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While providers are paying special mind in lowering radiation dose through prep work and process improvements, they do have their opinions on which CT vendors are the lowdose leaders, according to a new report from KLAS, CT 2011: Focused on Dose.
CHICAGO Richard Morin, co-chair of the ACR Dose Index Registry Committee, interviewed at RSNA 2011, explains how radiologists can compare their dose practices with others, to give the metrics more meaning.
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While providers are paying special mind in lowering radiation dose through prep work and process improvements, they do have their opinions on which CT vendors are the low dose leaders, according to a new report from KLAS, CT 2011: Focused on Dose. More »
CHICAGO — Richard Morin, co-chair of the ACR Dose Index Registry Committee, interviewed at RSNA 2011, explains how radiologists can compare their dose practices with others, to give the metrics more meaning. More »
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Diagnostic Imaging spoke with Dr. Johnsey Leef III, a radiologist with Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, WV, about how the industry is responding to the call for lower dose imaging and what his department is doing to address the issue.
Starting July 1, diagnostic radiologists in California will be required to include radiation dose levels in all CT reports. Response has been mainly positive, but there are still concerns about the legislation's effect on daily practice.
