Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director
Chapter 3701-83 - Licensing Provisions for Health Care Facilities
Section 3701-83-55 - Quality assessment and performance improvement- freestanding diagnostic imaging centers
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3701-83-55
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) As part of the quality assessment and performance improvement program required under paragraph (C) of rule 3701-83-12 of the Administrative Code, each freestanding or mobile diagnostic imaging center shall:
(1) Establish and maintain a clinical image
quality control program to monitor and document images repeated due to poor
image quality;
(2) Monitor and
evaluate the accuracy of image interpretations by:
(a) Establishing a clinical image review
program;
(b) Establishing policies
and procedures and the semiannual audit of a random, representative sample of
total clinical images performed at the center;
(c)
Having a radiologist,
physician, or chiropractor perform a semiannual audit
of the image
interpretation under paragraphs (C)(2), (D)(2), (E)(2), and (F)(2) of
rule 3701-83-52 of the Administrative
Code:
(i) Diagnostic imaging centers under
the operation of more than one physician or chiropractic radiologist may
conduct their own internal semiannual audit of a random sample of clinical
images.
(ii) Diagnostic imaging
centers operated by a single physician or chiropractic radiologist shall
provide for the external semiannual audit of a random sample of clinical
images. External audits shall not be conducted by an individual who is
associated with, or has a financial interest in the center.
(3) Monitor and evaluate
any problems associated with sedation, the administration of contrast agents,
and problems identified as part of the semiannual audit of a random sample of
clinical images.
(B) As part of the quality assessment and performance improvement program required under paragraph (A) of rule 3701-83-12 of the Administrative Code, each freestanding or mobile diagnostic imaging center shall report to the director:
(1) The number, type, and age of diagnostic imaging equipment, including
magnetic strength when applicable, and whether diagnostic imaging equipment is
fixed or mobile;
(2) If diagnostic
imaging equipment is mobile, a list of the locations where the service is
delivered, including contracted sites for which the service is currently not
operational;
(3) The number of
procedures performed by CPT code;
(4) The number of repeat procedures taken
which were conducted in order to obtain a sufficient image relating to the
patient's image order;
(5) The
number and type of complications associated with sedation and the
administration of contrast agents;
(6) The number of patients who required
hospitalization, as a result of a complication, within twenty-four hours of a
procedure;
(7) The number of
diagnostic procedures performed and the number that revealed negative findings;
and
(8) The number of clinical
images audited by the center or an external individual, and the number of cases
in which there was variance between audited findings and original
findings.
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