The process of achieving and maintaining DIAS certification is fairly complex, placing a high administrative burden on medical professionals. While professional services can help make this process much smoother and less time-consuming, it’s important to know what kind of information is needed to move forward through the accreditation process. Here’s some insight from our DIAS accreditation team.
The Value of DIAS Certification
The Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme is open to all practices offering diagnostic imaging services, including ultrasound scans and x-rays to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRIs), cardiac ultrasound and angiography, obstetric and gynaecological ultrasound and nuclear medicine imaging services. This includes practices from all fields offering diagnostic imaging services, including General Practitioners, Dentists, Cardiologists, Urologists, Gynaecologists, Obstetricians, and Fertility specialists.
This accreditation process is voluntary, but the benefits it offers makes it a critical move for practices that want to stay competitive. This includes the ability to access Medicare rebates, as well as ensuring that all practices using diagnostic imaging technology meet a set of established safety and quality standards that set the same high standard for quality of care and the safety of patients regardless of where the practice is located.
Information Required for DIAS Certification
The DIAS process looks at all areas of your practice, from revenue and patient care to patient communications, technology and medical equipment. Your accreditation partner will need information that includes:
- Registration and licencing of staff involved in the capture or reporting of diagnostic images
- Compliance with state or territory radiation safety legislation
- Up-to-date inventories of diagnostic imaging equipment
- Servicing reports or contracts for medical equipment
- Collection/audit of the practice’s diagnostic imaging services data
- Records of information supplied to patients about diagnostic imaging services
- Patient records
- Records for feedback and complaints, as well as incidents and improvements
- Practice governance and management structure
- Diagnostic imaging practices and protocols
- Policies regarding the provision of services
- Policies regarding the management of medications and patient reactions
- Policies for infection control, patient identification and transfer of care, and management of patient feedback and complaints
Smooth the DIAS Certification Process with Professional Accreditation Partners
At Excelsior Accreditation, our team takes the work out of DIAS certification. We’ll liaise with your team to get the necessary information the process requires, format your policies and procedures, create relevant and user-friendly policies for all areas of your practice, and manage all aspects of your practice’s compliance for the years to come to ensure it stays competitive, compliant and world-class. Contact us today for more information.
