WEBINAR: Radiology and Nuclear Medicine CoPs
Offered Through Partnership with Georgia Hospital Association
COURSE CURRICULUM
Patient exposure to radiation has doubled in twenty years, with patients potentially undergoing multiple studies and scans over their lifetime. In response, the FDA has undertaken an initiative to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure from medical imaging using the principle of As Low As Reasonably Achievable,” (ALARA). Following this principle, CMS requirements discusses safety precautions a hospital should do to decrease radiation exposure.
This program will cover all the hospital radiology and nuclear medicine standards requires for hospitals from CMS, including 41 pages of changes that were enacted in 2015. Every hospital that accepts Medicare or Medicaid must be in compliance with these regulations and interpretive guidelines.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this presentation, learners should be able to:
- Recall that CMS rewrote has radiology and nuclear medicine provisions in the hospital COP manual
- Discuss that there are a number of policies and procedures required for radiology by CMS
- Describe that the hospital must have diagnostic radiology services that meet standards of care and standards of practice
- Recall that an order is needed for any radiology or nuclear medicine test
INTENDED AUDIENCE
Radiology department director, radiology medical director, radiology staff, patient safety officer, risk manager, compliance officer, regulatory affairs officers, chief operating officer, risk management, chief medical officer (CMO), emergency department physicians, clinic physicians, physicist, education department staff, chief nursing officer, hospital legal counsel, or any person in charge to ensure compliance with CMS guidelines on radiology and nuclear medicine.
SPEAKER
Sue Dill Calloway has been a nurse attorney and consultant for more than 30 years. Currently, she is president of Patient Safety and Healthcare Education and Consulting and was previously the chief learning officer for the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation. She has conducted many educational programs for nurses, physicians, and other health care providers. Sue has authored over 100 books and numerous articles. She is a frequent speaker and is well known across the country in the area of health care law, risk management, and patient safety.