Katherine P. Andriole PhD, Moderator: Nothing to Disclose

1) Understand what is meant by business analytics in the context of a radiology practice. 2) Be able to describe the basic steps involved in implementing a business analytics tool. 3) Learn how business analytics tools can be used for quality assurance in radiology, for maintenance of certification (MOC), and for practice quality improvement. 4) Be introduced to the capabilities of current and potential future business analytics technologies.

This course will provide an overview of the use of business analytics (BA) in radiology.  How a practice manages information is becoming a differentiator in the competitive radiology market.  Leveraging informatics tools such as business analytics can help a practice transform its service delivery to improve performance, productivity and quality.  An introduction to the basic steps involved in implementing business analytics will be given, followed by example uses of BA tools for quality assurance, maintenance of certification (MOC) and pracitce quality improvement .  The power of current business analytics technologies will be described, along with a look at potential future capabilities of business analytics tools.

Andriole, K, The Use of Business Analytics for Improving Radiology Operations, Quality, and Clinical Performance (In Association with the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine).  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/12020287.html