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The health care industry is a significant part of the U.S.economy.Hospitals,clinics,imaging centers,rehabilitation centers,and other institutions all make up a sizeable network of this country's health care delivery system.The complexities of a hospital and all of its departments,professions,infrastructure and design can be likened to

A) communities within a community.
B) isolated enterprises that operate with complete independence.
C) simple businesses with a single product or service to offer its customers.
D) a family-run business with only a few employees.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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A formal document that outlines the departmental structure of a hospital by showing lines of authority,reporting structures,and the interrelationships of departments is a(n) :

A) organizational chart.
B) PACS network diagram.
C) flowchart.
D) decision matrix.

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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At a recent radiology department meeting,the director discussed an incident that occurred a few days earlier involving a patient within medical imaging.In his description,the director revealed that this patient had an incorrect ultrasound examination performed.Investigation into the situation showed that a receptionist told the patient to wait in the wrong holding area before the examination.The ultrasonographer assumed that the patient was in the correct location and performed the wrong examination.To prevent this type of event from occurring in the future,what type of analysis needs to be undertaken by the department?

In large hospitals the person responsible for the operations of radiologic services is typically the administrative director of radiology.This individual must have strong managerial and other skills,including 1) leadership skills. 2) finance and budgeting skills. 3) medical image interpretation skills. 4) strategic planning skills. 5) nursing skills,including pharmacology. 6) customer service skills. 7) communications and public relations skills.

Medical imaging professionals must be aware that their actions,comments,and appearance contribute to the image of their employer and of the profession.Positive interactions with patients and their family members establish goodwill on behalf of the organization.Which of the following is the best single choice that illustrates desirable goodwill efforts enhancing public image?

Modern medical imaging departments no longer use x-ray film for medical images.The transformation from a film-based environment to a digital medium has had a very profound impact on medicine's standard of care.Among its many virtues,digital medical imaging has permitted the networking and computer storage of thousands of images.The transmission,display,and storage of these images are accomplished through what type of technology?

It is not uncommon for a technologist to be disciplined for

A document that guides a hospital as to its purpose and role in the community it serves is called a

In providing radiology care to a patient,you observe a colleague accidentally exposing the wrong body part.It appears that he is unaware of the mistake.This action would be considered a(n)

A typical organizational structure of a hospital will have the hospital's chief executive officer (CEO) or president reporting to the

Examples of internal committees within a hospital enterprise include the 1) Radiation Safety Committee. 2) Joint Commission (TJC) . 3) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) . 4) Infection Control Committee. 5) P&T Committee.

The federal agency that regulates the use of ionizing radiation including medical and nuclear applications is the

Employers are looking for two principle traits in all radiologic science professionals.These traits are

In addition to the traditional hospital setting for health care,it is quite common to offer medical imaging services in a wide variety of medical settings.These sites could include 1) outpatient clinic. 2) freestanding imaging centers. 3) shoe stores in which pedal fluoroscopic imaging is available. 4) regional airports in which portable CT scanning is available for security screening. 5) physician offices and clinics. 6) urgent care centers.

All of the following are true of the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) EXCEPT

All of the following are related EXCEPT

All of the following choices would describe a typical radiologist group in a contemporary hospital EXCEPT

A common technology used in medical imaging is digital radiology.This permits the display of a patient's medical images and information on video display monitors for review and assessment.It is important to remember that keeping this information on a monitor screen for visitors or unqualified personnel to view,represents a(n)

To a medical imaging department,the customer could be described as

All of the physicians practicing medicine within a hospital comprise the hospital's