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The process of accreditation or reaccreditation of a facility is one which insures high-quality throughout the entire imaging chain. The major accrediting bodies include The Joint Commission, the American College of Radiology, and the Inter-societal Accreditation Commission in the United States and the European Society of Cardiology in Europe. These organizations have developed a set of criteria necessary for a facility to be accredited. These include: the standards, staff training, clinical protocols, results communication, and quality improvement programs. The process is one of developing a gap analysis for the laboratory relative to the standards and addressing those gaps. This process should be one of continuous quality improvement ensuring that the facility is in a constant state of readiness with regard to the most recent standards.
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Tilkemeier, P. (2016). Preparation for Accreditation or Reaccreditation. In: Tilkemeier, P., Hendel, R., Heller, G., Case, J. (eds) Quality Evaluation in Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28011-0_32
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