Radiology Administration: Forms, Checklists & Guidelines

In one complete reference, Aspen Publishers’ Radiology Administration: Forms, Checklists & Guidelines lays out an entire framework for skillfully handling:

• Shifting trends in technology
• An ever-changing reimbursement system
• New legislation and regulations
• And dozens of other on-the-job concerns you have to deal with every day

These are just a few of the hundreds of issues Radiology Administration: Forms, Checklists & Guidelines will help you deal with more confidently and effectively:

• Departmental organization
• Employee relations and leadership
• Coding and reimbursement
• Cost management and billing
• Evaluating and purchasing technology
• Risk management
• Patient scheduling and education
• Marketing imaging services
• Standards and regulations
• Quality control and improvement
• Film file management
• And much more!

Radiology Administration: Forms, Checklists & Guidelines is the time-saving, nuts-and-bolts source for what to do in virtually every area of radiology administration. It includes such practical tools as:

• Concise, easy-to-understand guidelines to help you to avoid problems
• Sample forms to help you save time and ensure consistent documentation
• Checklists that you can use immediately or modify for your own department

Radiology Administration brings you important updates and new practical tools, including:

• Information on violence in occupational hazards in hospitals
• OSHA checklist of employer responsibilities
• Several recent articles on healthcare marketing
• National Provider Identifier (NPI) tip sheet
• Up-to-date information on consolidated imaging
• Sample IT systems administration policy
• Information on consent requirements for the treatment of minors
• Guidance on reducing patient exposure during scoliosis radiography
• Sample patient medical history form
• Sedation guidelines for procedures
• Information on virtual colonoscopy
• Patient safety tips for hospitals

• 1. Operations
  • Organization and Administration
  • Leadership and Management
  • Information Systems: Radiology Information System and Hospital Information System
  • Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Personnel
  • Job Descriptions
• 2. The Marketing Process for Diagnostic Imaging
  • Promoting Diagnostic Imaging Services
  • Sample Strategic Marketing Plan for a Hospital-Based Radiology Department
  • Problems, Opportunities, Weaknesses, and Strengths
  • A Complete Guide to Market Assessment
  • Developing a Marketing Budget - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • How to Justify Your Job
• 3. Financial Management and Reimbursement
  • Coding for Reimbursement
  • Radiology Services and the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale
  • Cost Management
  • Billing
  • Managed Care
• 4. Systems and Technology
  • New Technology Evaluation and Purchase Consideration
  • Film File Management
  • Material Management
  • Guidelines for Implementing New Technology
  • Managing and Working with Design and Planning Consultants
  • Using Medical and Information Technology for Improving Quality of Care
  • Disaster Planning
• 5. Legal Issues
  • Obtaining Patient Consent for Radiological Procedures
  • Risk Management
  • Joint Ventures/Safe Harbors
  • Strike Survival: A Matter of Planning
  • Guidelines for the Development of a Strike Manual
  • Health Information in a Changing Industry
  • The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• 6. Patient Care
  • Patient Scheduling
  • Clinical Records
  • Patient Education
• 7. Standards and Regulations
  • Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Standards
• 8. Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement and Utilization Review
  • Quality Control
  • Continuous Quality Improvement
  • Total Quality Management
  • Patient Safety