MQSA definition

MQSA means the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992.
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MQSA means Mammography Quality Standards Act.
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MQSA means the federal Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992, as amended by the Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act of 1998.
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Examples of MQSA in a sentence

  • A mammography facility must be currently accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR) and in compliance with the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA).

  • State board-certified and Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) qualified mammographers will evaluate the CBBCT high resolution 3D images and compare them to the subjects’ mammograms.

  • Two MQSA qualified board-certified mammography radiologists will evaluate the CE-CBBCT study along with all prior imaging and histological results to determine the added value of CE-CBBCT.

  • In practical terms the medical audit requirement of the MQSA was limited to an analysis of patients with tests interpreted as "suspicious abnormality" or "highly suggestive for malignancy, " which permits evaluation of the positive predictive value of such interpretations.

  • However, the MQSA does not require linkage to population-based cancer registry data or other source of pathology data, without which it is impossible to accurately assess the outcomes of patients with mammographic examinations interpreted as normal.

  • Development and Purpose of the NCI Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium A section of the MQSA authorized the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to fund research establishing a breast cancer screening surveillance system.

  • The interim regulations of the MQSA mandated the maintenance of mammography data and the performance of a medical outcomes audit [12].

  • For example, we may share your Health Information with a doctor in order to obtain results of a surgical biopsy (which is required by law to follow MQSA standards in quality control of mammographic findings).

  • The results of this research effort (and details of level of specificity required) are likely to be central to future FDA revision of the MQSA.

  • WWWP mammography providers must be certified by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and meet the requirements of the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA).

Related to MQSA

  • HITECH means the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.

  • SUVA means Specific Ultraviolet Absorption at 254 nanometers (nm), an indicator of the humic content of a water. It is calculated by dividing a sample’s ultraviolet absorption at a wavelength of 254 nm (UV254) (in m-1) by its concentration of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) (in mg/L).

  • Safety Management System means a systematic approach to managing safety, including the necessary organisational structures, accountabilities, policies and procedures;

  • National Ambient Air Quality Standards or “NAAQS” means national ambient air quality standards that are promulgated pursuant to Section 109 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7409.