Program Information
Quality Metrics and Best Practices
E Samei1*, P Dunscombe2*, (1) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (2) The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Presentations
SU-C-BRC-0 (Sunday, March 8, 2015) 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Room: Ballroom C
The increasing demands on clinical medical physicists makes voluntary efforts of the medical physicists' role in improving patient care an increasing priority of clinical practice. Quantitative metrics provide opportunities to highlight and be recognized for improved performance. Methodologies and examples of best practices are illustrated for both the imaging and therapy physics applications.
The contributions of imaging physicists to clinical imaging operations is expanding and the evolution of healthcare practice dictates that imaging physicists expand their role to incorporate team-based models of operational engagement. A paradigm is presented that extends traditional equipment testing to incorporate new technologies based upon quantitative imaging and operational optimization accommodating retrospective evaluations of clinical performance.
Qualitative metrics in radiation therapy physics will provide examples that integrate incident learning systems, standardization of practice and the various certification processes into the safety and quality culture of clinical practice. Specific metrics of quality that include various methodologies, and the associated process and outcomes are presented.
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize the value of incorporating quantitative metrics in the development of best practices.
2. Become familiar with recognized methodologies that contribute the development of effective best practice processes and outcomes.
3. Identify opportunities to incorporate quantitative metrics into quality improvement programs in order to expedite safe and efficient patient care.
Handouts
- 97-25906-353470-110055.pdf (E Samei)
- 97-25907-353470-109866.pdf (P Dunscombe)
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