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Mon Jan 8 19:44:37 GMT 2007

Hi Pret,
Having recently undergone an ACS verification visit where we have 
"Nighthawks" from midnight to 7am, that did not cause a problem, BUT, 
there was close scrutiny of our QA process in terms of overreading the 
next am by the 'regular' staff and what the QA loop was when a discrepancy 
was found with the NIghthawk service in terms of feedback and error rates 
identified. So if you have a robust QA process and all other 
availabilities are intact, that should not be an issue for you.

Best regards, Jon

Jon C. Walsh, MD, MPH, FACS
Borgess Medical Center Trauma Center
Kalamazoo, MI

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        Subject:        New ACS Requirements and Radiology

The Optimum Resources books I ordered haven't come in yet, and I have a
rather urgent question that I hope someone out there has the authority
to answer for me:

Do remote diagnostic radiology services (let's call them, say,
"Nighthawk") pass the ACS straight face test for Level I/II
verification? 

Assume that quality is monitored within the performance improvement
process, and that interventional radiology is available promptly.
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