RTE 2100

_____________________ is the type of testing performed before newly installed or majorly repaired equipment can be accepted by the department. It is also used to determine if the equipment is Within Satisfactory Limits

Acceptance Testing

An ________________ is an avoidable object on an image that interferes with the quality of an image. They are undesirable densities on a processed image

Artifacts

One ________________ activity that should be monitored is the Documentation of Nondiagnostic Images being forwarded to PACS

CQI

___________________tends to focus on process rather than on people or the service. It focuses on improving the process or system within which the people function as team members rather than individuals work

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)

___________ is any imaging acquisition process that produces an electronic image that can be viewed and manipulated on a computer

Digital Imaging

The term used for the digital information system used through a healthcare system is _______________________________

Health Information System (HIS)

QA is focused around people and service. Specifically ____________,___________,___________ processes are observed.

Image Quality, Work Flow, Patient Wait Times

The Ultimate focus in healthcare is to ___________________ and ____________ so that patients will want to return

Improve patient care, Provide High quality service

_____________________management emphasizes on Eliminating Waste so that all activities along the value stream can create value. It focuses on the Reduction of Waste and pursuing continuous improvements.

Lean

____________management is defined as "as thinking process to eliminate waste"

Lean

The ________________________-- is the person trained to oversee the PACS System

PACS Administrator

"A plan for the systematic observation and assessment of the different aspects of a project, service, or facility to make certain that standards of quality are being met" is the definition of: A. QA. B. continuous quality improvement (CQI). C. total quality management (TQM). D. QC.

Quality Assurance (QA)

A comprehensive set of activities designed to monitor and maintain systems that produce a product is __________________

Quality Control (QC)

Most QA activities will produce _______________________ data that can be analyzed.

Quantitative

TJC accreditation is voluntary but necessary to obtain Medicaid certification, hold certain licenses, obtain reimbursements from insurance companies, and _____________________________

Receive Malpractice Insurance

____________________ is defined as improving profitability, effectiveness and efficiency of all operations to meet or exceed customers needs or Disciplined, data-driven approach for eliminating defects

Six Sigma

Photostimulable phosphor plates (PSP) image capture (previously known as Computed Radiography [CR]) is the digital acquisition modality that uses _____________ to produce projection images.

Storage Phosphor Plates

Vendor applications training is supposed to train several __________________________and they are trained to trouble shoot the PACS System

Super Users

Most healthcare institutions are accredited by the ___________________. Continuous Quality Control and develops patient care standards.

The Joint Commission (TJC)

_______________includes both Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC)

Total Quality Management (TQM)