One of radiology’s biggest thinkers, University of Chicago School of Medicine vice-chair of radiology informatics, Paul Chang, MD, wants radiologists to step up their game. Meaningful use requirements dictate the adoption of business intelligence analytics (BIA) for radiology. And you can’t improve what you don’t measure.
Measuring Efficiency Using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
According to Chang, radiology lags way behind other business models in the use of BIA, which includes dashboards, scorecards and other key performance indicators (KPIs). A KPI helps measure if you’re improving your processes, efficiencies and adding value to the product or service you provide.
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