Radiology liaison with the Bureau of Radiation Control, provide radiation safety services, equipment registration with Bureau of Radiation Control and coordinate related policy and procedure development or revision.
Radiology. Weekend work in Radiology shall be covered in the following order.
Radiology. A.C.T. (O.A.M.R.T.) or A.C.R. (C.A.M.R.T.), Respiratory – R.R.T. (A.) (C.S.R.T.)
Radiology. Provides outpatient services for pediatric and adult patients which includes, but is not limited to, providing diagnostic examinations that include general radiography, mammography, ultrasound, echo cardiogram, tele radiology, · computed tomography (CT) scans, biopsy, vascular and interventional procedures, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), bone density studies, and the coordination of referral to outside services not available at the TRIBAL Comprehensive Health Division.
Radiology. Contractor shall provide basic radiology services that are within the scope of Ancillary Services. As such, Contractor shall operate a radiological unit or establish a formal subcontract agreement with a certified radiological entity which shall be reflected in the Site Profile. Radiological services that Contractor is not obligated to provide under the Program include ultrasound, invasive studies, CT or MRI scans, Doppler studies, and comparison views-extremity film. Contractor may refer Participants to Department for these non-obligated radiological services.
Radiology. Departments where the on-call policy is applicable is Radiology.
Radiology. The function of the Radiology Service is to provide a diagnostic imaging and reporting service, imaging guided diagnostic/therapeutic procedures and interventional radiology for inpatients, day case patients and outpatients. These are referred to the service from primary and secondary care providers. In addition to the people of Grampian, a remote reporting service and monthly radiologist visits are provided for the Orkney and Shetland Isles within a Service Level Agreement (SLA), and within Cardiac Catheterisation Labs an ablation service for Tayside. Radiologists are present for all MDT meetings of which there are 20 per week. This includes both local and regional MDTs. Radiologists have a significant commitment preparing and leading clinical discussion for cancer and non-cancer MDTs and this equates to 25- 50% of their week depending on how many MDTs they cover. Subspecialties within the scope of this programme: General radiology imaging General ultrasound Computed Tomography (CT) Magnetic Resonance (MR) Nuclear Medicine (includes Positron Emission Tomography (PET) CT) Fluoroscopy Cardiac Catheterisation Interventional Radiology Barium Studies Gynaecological ultrasound imaging (90% will continue to be undertaken in the Radiology Department, only 10% estimated to be undertaken in the Baird Family Hospital). Highly specialised Services (not all within scope) Oncology: Tumour Ablation (CT guided) Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) within Fluoroscopy Breast Biopsies (MRI guided) Vascular intervention – Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) and Fenestrated Endovascular Aortic Repair (FEVAR) Ultrasound guided renal biopsies in connection with Renal physicians Head and neck ultrasound guided Fine Needle Aspirations (FNAs) Ultrasound guided injections for Musculoskeletal (MSK) Adult and Paediatric echo Obstetric support Local referrals are received from GPs, Physiotherapists, Hospital Doctors, Dentists, and Chiropractors and, in some situations, advanced practitioners. For regional referrals, a SLA is in place for Orkney and Shetland reporting and out of hours CT (as of August 2017). Medical staff are on a rotation to cover Orkney and Shetland with a monthly radiologist visit. NHS Highland and NHS Tayside make referrals for highly specialist procedures and tertiary referrals in some areas such as paediatric. In terms of accommodation there are limitations on the service abili...
Radiology. 4.2.1 To maintain a central list of authorised referrers.
4.2.2 To ensure authors undertake a regular review of this policy.
4.2.3 To approve the delegation and referral agreements, which constitute the appendices of this document.
4.2.4 To provide an educational programme covering the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations (IR (ME) R 2017), where the referrer wishes to refer for ionising radiation procedures.
4.2.5 Initial training will be followed by subsequent update training every three years.
Radiology. Here, the patient’s radiology test results can be viewed in descending date order.
Radiology. Whereas closure of the fluoroscopy x-ray room resulted in a reduction of four (4) hours per week in service in 2017 and these hours have been re-allocated to radiology with the following schedule.
