AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE OR CD
sponsored by Mammography Regulation and Reimbursement Report
presented on March 1, 2006
A major clinical trial determined digital mammography is as good as or better at detecting breast cancers than analog mammography. But with the issues involved with successful implementation and the costs to convert to digital running in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, it may be a technology that seems too complicated and costly for many facilities.
How can your organization meet this new demand for digital imaging while still maintaining quality and its bottom line?
Listen to this informative 90-minute audioconference and learn how to
- identify the factors that are driving the change from analog to digital mammography
- determine how and whether your facility can justify the increased cost of digital technology
- understand the issues involved in the successful implementation of a digital program
- address the value of direct radiography (DR) v. computed radiography (CR) mammography based on type of practice and workflow dynamics
- appreciate the technology applications and other emerging modalities that will drive digital technology as the future of imaging
The speakers discuss the weakness of the analog approach to mammography and the results of the American College of Radiology Imaging Network Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (DMIST) clinical trail, as a major driver toward the digital transition. That trial found that digital technology is better at finding cancers in younger women and those with dense breasts.
They also discuss
the pros and cons of going digital the financial issues of justification reimbursement and return on investment what steps to consider before, during, and after digital implementation how to determine whether CR or DR is a better fit for your organization TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA
- Introduction and overview
- Digital v. analog
- limitations of analog technology
- DMIST study and its implications
- advantages of digital imaging and benefits for interpretation and productivity
- Cost justification
- reimbursement considerations
- return on investment
- computer-aided detection (CAD) as a benefit in the bottom line and for medical legal protection
- Steps to successfully implement digital imaging
- training tips for RT staff
- workflow changes
- transition issues
- storage
- CR v. DR, which is the better fit?
- productivity v. versatility
- currently approved systems, and small platform and full resolution issues
- patient volume/facility configuration or use of CR as basis for digital transition
- The future of breast imaging
- developing applications and emerging modalities
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Valerie Andolina, RT(R)(M), is the imaging technology manager at Elizabeth Wende Breast Clinic in Rochester, NY. She is the author of several mammography imaging books, is a member of the ARRT Mammography Examination Committee, and the ACR Subcommittee on Digital Mammography.
Bonnie Rush, RT(R)(M)(QM), is the founder and president of Breast Imaging Specialists (BIS) in San Diego, CA, a consulting, education, and community outreach company. She is a member of the editorial board and contributor to HCPro's Mammography Regulation and Reimbursement Report. She also serves on the ARRT Mammography Examination Committee and the ASRT Mammography Practice Standards Committee, as well as on several National Consortium of Breast Centers committees.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN
Mammography, breast imaging, and radiology directors and managers; radiologists, mammographers, mammography technologists; radiology IT staff; breast care/radiology nurse managers; compliance, finance, and business development officers.
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