Rising Medicaid health expenditures have hastened the development of State managed care programs. Methods to monitor and improve health care under Medicaid are changing. Under fee-for-service (FFS), the primary concern was to avoid overutilization. Under managed care, it is to avoid underutilization. Quality enhancement thus moves from addressing inefficiency to addressing insufficiency of care...

It is possible to obtain a quality assurance (QA) of the dosimetry within a short time by using the new mathematical tools for a water phantom where dose measurements were made at two points only for a few square field sizes of the linear accelerator beam. The human body is not homogeneous. Water phantom makes it possible to create inhomogeneous phantoms by introducing blocks within it at suita...

Abstract Internationalization is an inevitable phenomenon among all contemporary higher education institutions (HEIs) in a globalizing world. It the driving force for development and progress. In course of last 30 years, it became element HE management. However, carries along number risks, pitfalls, organizational challenges. To hedge those, quality assurance (QA) called to stage. HEIs therefor...

Image guided radiation therapy solutions based on megavoltage computed tomography (MVCT) involve the extension of electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) from their traditional role of weekly localization imaging and planar dose mapping to volumetric imaging for 3D setup and dose verification. To sustain the potential advantages of MVCT, EPIDs are required to provide improved levels of portal...

Crowdsourcing is a feasible method for collecting labeled datasets for training and evaluating machine learning models. Compared to the expensive process of generating labeled datasets using dedicated trained judges, the low cost of data generation in crowdsourcing environments enables researchers and practitioners to collect significantly larger amounts of data for the same cost. However, crow...

The use of image-guided patient positioning requires fast and reliable Quality Assurance (QA) methods to ensure the megavoltage (MV) treatment beam coincides with the integrated kilovoltage (kV) or volumetric cone-beam CT (CBCT) imaging and guidance systems. Current QA protocol is based on visually observing deviations of certain features in acquired kV in-room treatment images such as markers,...

Fully online and hybrid study programmes have emerged at a rapid rate across higher education. However, the negative experience of some students, instructors institutions with emergency remote instruction during COVID 19 pandemic has led to public concerns over quality digital programmes. As result, authorities OECD started reflect on how embed assurance (QA) education into their existing QA fr...

This chapter describes the basic principles of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), providing the necessary background for subsequent clinical chapters. We start by describing the IMRT treatment planning and delivery process, introducing the wide range of different approaches and technologies currently in clinical use. Then, other topics important in the implementation of IMRT are disc...

At present, the American Dental Association and the American Academy of Oral Maxillofacial Radiology have guidelines for the dental environment that include quality assurance and control of film-based radiography. Approximately 19%-30% of US dental offices currently use some form of digital intraoral radiography, and growth is expected to continue. It is anticipated that new tools and guideline...

Exploring Organizations’ Software Quality Assurance Strategies by Scott Underwood MBA, University of Fredericton, 2010 Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Business Administration Walden University September 2016 Abstract Poor software quality leads to lost profits and even loss of life. U.S. organizations lose billions of dollars annua...