Radiologist report turnaround time: Impact of pay-for-performance measures

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 707-711

  Boland, Giles W L ^a   Halpern, Elkan F ^a   Gazelle, G Scott ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pay for performance; Radiologist reporting; Report turnaround time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; TURNAROUND TIME; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMICS; MEDICAL RECORD; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOCUMENTATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956846341     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.4164     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Kohn LT, Corrigan JM, Donaldson MS, eds. To err is human: building a safer health system. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 1999
2. Moser JW, Wilcox PA, Bjork SS, et al. Pay for performance in radiology: ACR white paper. J Am Coll Radiol 2006; 3:650-664
3. st century. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2001
4. Institute of Medicine. Leadership by example: coordinating government roles in improving health care quality. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2002
5. Pentecost MJ. Pay for performance: at last or alas? J Am Coll Radiol 2005; 2:655-658
6. Thrall JH. The emerging role of pay-for-performance contracting for health care services. Radiology 2004; 233:637-640
7. Seidel RL, Nash DB. Paying for performance in diagnostic imaging: current challenges and future prospects. J Am Coll Radiol 2004; 1:952-956 (Pubitemid 40363734)
8. The Leapfrog Group Website. Incentive and reward compendium guide and glossary.ir.leapfroggroup. org/compendiumresult.cfm. Accessed July 2, 2009
9. Swayne LC. Pay for performance: pay more or pay less? J Am Coll Radiol 2005; 2:777-781
10. Hillman BJ. Who gets paid with pay-for-performance? J Am Coll Radiol 2004; 1:891-892
11. Seidel RL, Baumgarten DA. Pay for performance: survey of diagnostic radiology faculty and trainees. J Am Coll Radiol 2007; 4:411-415
12. Lexa FJ. Pay for performance and the revolution in American medical culture. J Am Coll Radiol 2008; 5:168-173
13. Campbell S, Reeves D, Kontopantelis E, Middleton E, Sibbald B, Roland M. Quality of primary care in England with the introduction of pay for performance. N Engl J Med 2007; 357:181-189
14. Campbell SM, Reeves D, Kontopantelis E, Sibbald B, Roland M. Effects of pay for performance on quality of primary care in England. N Engl J Med 2009; 361:368-378
15. Rosenthal MB, Frank RG, Li Z, Epstein AM. Early experience with pay-for-performance: from concept to practice. JAMA 2005; 294:1788-1793
16. Marshall M, Smith P. Rewarding results: using financial incentives to improve quality. Qual Saf Health Care 2003; 12:397-398 (Pubitemid 37542013)
17. Gosden T, Forland F, Kristiansen IS, et al. Impact of payment system on behaviour of primary care physicians: a systematic review. J Health Serv Res Policy 2001; 6:44-55
18. Epstein AM, Lee TH, Hamel MB. Paying physicians for high-quality care. N Engl J Med 2004; 350:406-410
19. Sistrom CL, Dang PA, Weilburg JB, et al. Effect of computerized order entry with integrated decision support on the growth of outpatient procedure volumes: seven-year time series analysis. Radiology 2009; 251:147-155
20. Boland GWL, Guimaraes AS, Mueller PR. Radiology report turnaround: expectations and solutions. Eur Radiol 2008; 18:1326-1328
21. Boland GWL. Stakeholder expectations for radiologists: obstacles or opportunities? J Am Coll Radiol 2006; 3:156-163
22. Boland GWL. Voice recognition technology for radiology reporting: transforming the radiologist's value proposition. J Am Coll Radiol 2007; 4:865-867
23. Boland GWL, Guimaraes AS, Mueller PR. The evolving radiology landscape: the importance of effective leadership. Eur Radiol 2009; 19:2321-2325
24. Thrall JH. Changing relationships between radiologists and hospitals. Part I. Background and major issues. Radiology 2007; 245:633-637
25. Dreyer KJ, Mehta A, Thrall JH. PACS: a guide to the digital revolution, 2nd ed. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 2006