Aunt Minnie Feature Article: Imaging Accreditation with Quality and Ease: Part 1
While vital for high-quality care, accreditation can be challenging and sometimes tedious for imaging departments. To help, this new article series will offer some tips for how to comply with the...
View ArticleChanges Again with Echo Accreditation
We provide our software clients with weekly eTutoring and the next 2 weeks we are reviewing the recent echo accreditation changes to the QI program and to the random audits. We wanted to share this...
View ArticleIntersocietal Accreditation Commission – New Audit Process!
I hope you had a chance to review the current and upcoming changes to the QI program. It’s good to know that come the New Year things will really start to get easier with just 2 report reviews and 2...
View ArticleIAC’s New Sonographer Credentialing Requirement
Echo and Vascular Labs – Are you ready for the new sonographer credentialing requirements? As you may be aware in January 2017 the latest changes to the Echo and Vascular accreditation standards as set...
View Article6 Steps to Meeting New IAC QI Measures
So over the past year we saw a lot of changes regarding the IAC accreditation quality improvement requirements across all modalities. Finally, as the dust settled we were left with a standardized...
View ArticleNuclear Accreditation QI Program
This month we reviewed radiation safety and patient-centered nuclear cardiology protocols. To close out our March focus on nuclear cardiology, this week we will review IAC nuclear accreditation...
View ArticleFYI: Temporal Variation & Blood Pressure Matters for MR!
Let’s talk about some basic hemodynamics that take affect when evaluating mitral regurgitation (MR). We previously broke down the step by step process the heart encounters when dealing with acute &...
View ArticleWhat Nobody Tells You About the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission
Most people dread accreditation! The paperwork and the time is a drag! “How do you enjoy this?” is a question I hear often! I will let you in on a secret. Accreditation is a lot easier than people...
View ArticleEcho Accreditation Standard Updates
The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission updated the standards and guidelines for Adult Echo accreditation in July 2017 with a December 1, 2017 effective date. The main changes to the adult echo...
View ArticleEcho Accreditation: 5 Tips for Easier Case Study Selection
Whether you are seeking your first echo accreditation with the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission or getting ready for your re-accreditation, selecting case studies for submission is often one of...
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