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Quality management of medical imaging for public health screening

    • Sungkyunkwan University
    • Soonchunhyang University

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    Abstract

    The purpose of health screening is to reduce disease-related mortality and related medical costs through the early detection and treatment of specific diseases. However, if the quality of public health screening is poor, it not only fails to achieve the purpose of screening, but may also increase the demand for expensive individual opportunistic health examinations. To prevent these adverse situations, the Basic Act for Health Screening was established in 2010, and quality assessment of medical institutions for cancer screening has been performed from 2008. Radiologists have an integral role in radiologic examinations for screening; thus the Korean Society for Radiology has made a substantial effort to participate in quality control and improvement of the imaging quality for public health screening.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1125-1131
    Number of pages7
    JournalJournal of the Korean Medical Association
    Volume58
    Issue number12
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Dec 2015

    Bibliographical note

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2015 Korean Medical Association.

    UN SDGs

    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
      SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

    Keywords

    • Health screening
    • Mammography
    • Quality assessment
    • Ultrasonography
    • Upper gastrointestinal series

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