Impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Academic Radiology Departments' Clinical, Research, and Education Missions

Bahar Mansoori; Lorenna L. Vidal; Kimberly Applegate; James V. Rawson; Ronald D. Novak; Pablo R. Ros

doi:10.1016/j.acra.2013.05.014

Impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Academic Radiology Departments' Clinical, Research, and Education Missions

Bahar Mansoori, Lorenna L. Vidal, Kimberly Applegate, James V. Rawson, Ronald D. Novak, Pablo R. Ros

Radiology and Imaging

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Abstract

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) generated significant media attention since its inception. When the law was approved in 2010, the U.S. health care system began facing multiple changes to adapt and to incorporate measures to meet the new requirements. These mandatory changes will be challenging for academic radiology departments (ARDs) since they will need to promote a shift from a volume-focused to a value-focused practice. This will affect all components of the mission of ARDs, including clinical practice, education, and research. A unique key element to success in this transition is to focus on both quality and safety, thus improving the value of radiology in the post-ACA era. Given the changes ARDs will face during the implementation of ACA, suggestions are provided on how to adapt ARDs to this new environment.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1213-1217
Number of pages	5
Journal	Academic Radiology
Volume	20
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2013.05.014
State	Published - Oct 2013

Keywords

Academic radiology departments
Clinical practice
Education
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Quality
Research

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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