The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) relative value unit workload model, its limitations and the evolution to a safety, quality and performance framework

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 450-458

  Pitman, A ^a,e   Jones, D N ^b   Stuart, D ^c   Lloydhope, K ^d   Mallitt, K ^c   O'Rourke, P ^c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d RANZCR   (Australia)

^e ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Quality; Radiologist; Relative value unit; Safety; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MEASUREMENT; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGIST; SAFETY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

AUSTRALIA; BENCHMARKING; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOLOGY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 70349787460     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2009.02094.x     Document Type: Article

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