• Hemal K Kanzaria, M Kennedy Hall, Christopher L Moore, and Helen Burstin.
• Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco & San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA.
• Acad Emerg Med. 2015 Dec 1;22(12):1380-4.

AbstractPriorities in health care delivery are shifting, with a greater focus on enhancing value, incentivizing quality, and advancing population health. While measurement of quality in emergency department (ED) care is still in its infancy, performance measures are increasingly being linked to reimbursement to encourage the delivery of high-value care. With such changes, there will be growing oversight of diagnostic imaging in all clinical settings, including the ED. Here, the authors examine the current state of quality measurement as it pertains to ED imaging. The authors review relevant policies and discuss both the associated challenges and the facilitators of using quality measures to help optimize ED imaging. Understanding such factors will help ensure the delivery of diagnostic imaging that is appropriate, high-quality, and patient-centered.© 2015 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

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