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How to comply with CMS's CT radiation dose measure

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Under the auspices of Alara Imaging , a measure steward entity established by the university, CMS plans to adopt the measure into its hospital and physician pay-for-performance programs beginning in 2025. Administered CT radiation doses are highly variable across patients, radiologists, and hospitals throughout the U.S.

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Canon features new MRI scanner, AI, CT enhancements at RSNA 2024

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The vendor recently installed its fourth photon-counting CT system at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. It also limits remote access to scanning operations to preserve patient safety, according to Canon. In photon-counting CT developments, Canon has formed a research collaboration with Penn Medicine.

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Alara offers free software for MPFS quality measure compliance

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It specifies the adoption of a new quality measure into the diagnostic radiology set of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) called Excessive Radiation Dose or Inadequate Image Quality for Diagnostic Computed Tomography (CT) in Adults, with the goal of improving patient safety by optimizing CT radiation dose.