Measuring and Managing Radiologist Productivity, Part 1: Clinical Metrics and Benchmarks

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 452-458

  Duszak Jr , Richard ^a,b   Muroff, Lawrence R ^c,d,e  

^a Mid South Imaging and Therapeutics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Imaging Consultants Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

physician incentives; physician productivity; practice management; radiologists; Radiology; RBRVS; RVU; socioeconomic issues

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTIVATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; ALGORITHM; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; RADIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; BENCHMARKING; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; PHYSICIANS; RADIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84928096436     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.01.026     Document Type: Review

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