Accreditation of diagnostic imaging services in developing countries
| Autor: | Ileana Fleitas, Cari Borrás, Pablo Jiménez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Diagnostic Imaging
medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject education Developing country Accreditation health services administration Medical imaging medicine Humans Mammography Medical physics Quality (business) Developing Countries health care economics and organizations media_common medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Certificate Management Pan American Health Organization business Quality assurance geographic locations Certification and Accreditation |
| Zdroj: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública. 20 |
| ISSN: | 1020-4989 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/s1020-49892006000800007 |
| Popis: | In recent decades, medical imaging has experienced a technological revolution. After conducting several surveys to assess the quality and safety of diagnostic imaging services in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) developed a basic accreditation program that can be implemented by the ministry "of health of any developing country. Patterned after the American College of Radiology's accreditation program, the PAHO program relies on a national accreditation committee to establish and maintain accreditation standards. The process involves a peer review evaluation of: (1) imaging and processing equipment, (2) physician and technologist staff qualifications, (3) quality control and quality assurance programs, and (4) image quality and, where applicable, radiation dose. Public and private conventional radiography/ fluoroscopy, mammography, and ultrasound services may request accreditation. The radiography/fluoroscopy accreditation program has three modules from which to choose: chest radiography, general radiography, and fluoroscopy. The national accreditation committee verifies compliance with the standards. On behalf of the ministry of health, the accreditation committee also issues a three-year accreditation certificate. As needed, the accreditation committee consults with foreign technical and clinical experts. |
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