Exam 11: Ensuring Quality in Pacs

The ultimate focus in health care is to improve ______ and provide ______ so that patients will want to return.

The measure of whether all images completed at the modality make it to the PACS is testing ______.

Luminescence is measured at five positions over the monitor, and the readings should be within ______ of one another.

Image transfer is monitored from the modality to PACS and from the archive to ______.

Where can QC standards be found for what should be monitored in a PACS system?

Most health care institutions are accredited by The ______.

What is used to reduce the size of the image files to increase the speed of the network transfer of the images?

The purpose of a QC monitor test pattern is to evaluate ______.

Quality aspects to be evaluated in radiology include ______-centered characteristics.

A device used to measure the luminescence of areas on the monitor is a ______.

How often should the luminescence of a monitor be checked?

"A comprehensive set of activities designed to monitor and maintain systems that produce a product" is the definition of ______.

QA/QC programs focus on ______ quality, whereas CQI focuses on ______ the process.

"A plan for the systematic observation and assessment of the different aspects of a project, service, or facility to make certain that standards of quality are being met" is the definition of ______.

Three major categories of QC testing that can be used at various times include ______.