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1 Introduction
Pages 16-23

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... This report recommends strategies for achieving continued progress in assuring mammography quality, including additions, deletions, and changes to MQSA regulations, as well as approaches that do not fall within the purview of MQSA. These proposed strategies are based on careful consideration of the potential for feasibility and acceptability to patients and providers, and the available evidence to support them.
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... . In 1990, the first federal regulations of mammography quality went into effect via the Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act, which aimed to increase access to mammograms for low-income women.
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... . As a result, Congress passed the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 (Figure 1-1)
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... Time line of significant events relating to the enactment and enforcement of MQSA. SOURCES: Mammography Quality Standards Act, 42 U.S.C.
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... In particular, the IOM Committee on Improving Mammography Quality Standards was charged with the task of proposing changes that could ensure and improve the accuracy of image interpretation while still ensuring adequate access to quality mammography services in the United States (Box 1-1)
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... 2673) requested an Institute of Medicine study that would provide information, analysis, and recommendations to inform the pro jected Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA)
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... . The Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA)
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... 1998. Mammography Quality Standards Act: X Ray Quality Improved, Access Unaffected, but Impact on Health Outcomes Unknown.
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