Quality Management Fellowship

Quality Management Fellowship
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - Saturday, October 17, 2009
Houston, TX

MEETING SPONSOR:
Advanced Health Education Center

8502 Tybor Drive
Houston, TX 77074
Toll-Free 800-239-1361
713-772-0157
FAX 713-772-0155
Website: http://aheconline.com

CONFERENCE CENTER:
Advanced Health Education Center
8502 Tybor Drive
Houston, TX 77074
Toll-Free 800-239-1361
713-772-0157
FAX 713-772-0155
Website: http://aheconline.com

MEETING DESCRIPTION:
Quality Management Fellowship
Quality Management is of great importance for hospital and clinic based radiology departments accredited through the Joint Commission on Health Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO). Quality Management is also an important part of mammography and compliance with the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA). Quality management requires a working knowledge of the quality improvement (QI) process and tools, quality control (QC), equipment testing and regulatory guidelines.
You will learn the basics of the quality management process from the theoretical to practical application. A combination of experts will introduce you to the fundamentals of QM. You will learn from the pros how QM has evolved and how QI has changed. You will receive "hands-on" application in designing QI monitors for your facility. You will learn how a well designed QM program will improve imaging quality and patient care.
In addition to the QC testing review, you will participate in a field trip to perform a portion of the QC tests listed in the ARRT QM clinical competencies required for the advanced level QM examination. All students will progress through the application phase of training at their own rate.
Advanced Health can provide the opportunity to meet some of the clinical competency requirements for the ARRT Advanced Level Exam for Quality Management, but cannot guarantee the competency can be met. The performance of each competency is dependent upon the participant's individual skill level.
Course Topics
Day 1
• Physical Principles of X-ray
• Principles of Computed Radiography
• Principles of Digital Radiography
• Quality Control in Radiology
• ACR Mammography Quality Control Testing
Day 2
• Quality Management Philosophy
• Quality Improvement
• QC Tools, Information Collection, Data analysis
• Student development of QI Monitors
• Analysis of QI Monitors
• Creation of Mock Graphs & Charts to Demonstrate the QI Monitor Process
• Review of Monitors and Charts
• OSHA Standards and Guidelines
• HIPAA Compliance
• Safe Medical Devices Act
• NCRP Rules and Regulations for QC
Day 3
• Radiographic Equipment Quality Control Tests - Film Based and Electronic Images
• "Hands-On" Equipment Testing
• Field Trip to Clinical Site with the Opportunity to Perform "Hands-On" QC Testing and Observe a Demonstration of QC Testing.
Students are provided transportation to and from the clinical facility for this field trip.


INSTRUCTORS:
Sprinkle-Vincent, Clayton, Riley

CME HOURS: 24

LECTURE TOPICS:
Mini Fellowship

ACTIVITIES: not listed