The Joint Commission’s
approach of the Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program, is to accredit the
practice instead of simply the imaging technology, with attention to both
patient and staff safety. To meet the CMS mandate for ADI accreditation, The
Joint Commission has an add-on option to its accreditation process that
includes assessment of the equipment and operating personnel.
The Joint Commission will conduct
an on-site survey for every applicant and a re-survey every three years,” The
on-site process is a major part of The Joint Commissions accreditation process.”
For more information, go to jointcommission.org/Imaging or surveymonkey.com/s/DGNFF7M
Average cost per year $3,600.00 regardless
of number of modalities
| Established in 1963, the ACR has provided accreditation for diagnostic imaging and
radiation oncology. The supervising physician for the ACR accreditation program
can be a board-certified radiologist or diagnostic radiologist, or another
physician who has completed continuing medical education units and has
interpreted and reported on 500 cases within the last 36 months. A distinctive
feature of the ACR process is the
requirement to submit phantom images. The ACR does not accredit the cone
beam scanners. If a practice uses a full-body scanner, physicians “can visit
the ACR website to see whether their images will meet our requirements. For a
summary of the ACR’s CT Accreditation Program Requirements, go to acr.org/accreditation/computed/ct_reqs.aspx.
Average cost per year $2,400.00 per
modality
| The IAC, established in 1989, uses an intersocietal approach, drawing
from a range of medical specialties—in addition to radiology—to develop its
program standards for a variety of testing modalities.These include CT,
echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging and others. The ICACTL
accreditation program offers a pathway for physicians who both perform and
interpret their scans, providing they meet one of the training and experience
pathways as outlined in the standards. For the established practice pathway,
for example, the medical director must have a minimum of five years of CT
experience, have at least 150 hours of Category 1 CME, have interpreted a
minimum of 500 CT examinations, and have radiation safety training. To view
other training and experience pathways and additional requirements, download
the ICACTL Standards at icactl.org/icactl/main/icactl_standards.htm.
Average cost per year $2,500.00 per
modality
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