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Comprehensive Review of the Limitations of Relative Value Unit Measurements of Productivity in Academic Departments

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Comprehensive Review of the Limitations of Relative Value Unit Measurements of Productivity in Academic Departments

Dubinsky, Theodore, J.
Ultrasound quarterly , Volume 29 (2) – Jun 1, 2013
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Wolters Kluwer Health
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© 2013 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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0894-8771
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10.1097/RUQ.0b013e3182915931
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Downloaded from http://journals.lww.com/ultrasound-quarterly by BhDMf5ePHKbH4TTImqenVJ2toCr/9wZZjwPUWvYES9lBjFbu9i0DAnSw4JagSjiU on 10/28/2020 REVIEW ARTICLE Comprehensive Review of the Limitations of Relative Value Unit Measurements of Productivity in Academic Departments Theodore J. Dubinsky, MD of the valuation of radiologist productivity and to make an Abstract: Measuring radiologist, especially sonologist, productivity argument as to why relative value units (RVUs) alone are in- has never been of greater interest than now, as radiology has moved sufficient to determine our value. from its historical status as a cost center to the largest revenue gen- erator in most institutions. With more local institutional and federal oversight and regulation into the reimbursement and valuation of RVU LIMITATIONS imaging procedures, including emphasis on outsourcing, overvalued In simpler times, all that was necessary to measure ra- procedures, and bundling, the ability to measure productivity and to diologist productivity was to count the number of cases done draw meaningful conclusions from the data becomes increasingly by each radiologist each day or each year. This method suf- imperative if we as radiologists and sonologists expect to contribute ficed to illustrate the productivity of each individual radiolo- meaningfully to the process. This article presents a history of the gist as well as of a department

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Ultrasound quarterly – Wolters Kluwer Health

Published: Jun 1, 2013

Keywords: relative value unit,voice recognition,picture archiving and communication system,report turnaround time,sonographer reporting

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