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Image Quality ReviewFebruary 4th 2015
Agenda
General housekeeping issues Kronos History form Vacation picks Journal club Testicular Doppler orders
Team Leader introductions QA review and philosophy
Kronos
Use location code for in punches only. If you change locations during the day; stay
punched in during travel time and re-punch with new location when you arrive.
Any missed punches or errors can be corrected by any Team Leader that you are working with that day. Otherwise, just E-mail your Team Leader with missed punch information.
Approve your time card at the end of your shift on the Friday or the last day you work at the end of the pay period.
Kronos Approval
History Forms
Double check exam title Change history to reflect proper
indications Correct spelling and grammar in history Include a sonographers impression and
any unusual circumstances.
History Form
•History Form
Vacation request form…..
VACATION REQUEST FORM…..
Makes choices in order of importance. Choices are weighted against each other.
Please take at least one continuous week. Not just 10 Fridays.
Please give a brief description so we can help everyone get the critical time that they need.
Forms come out after Thanksgiving every year and are due in mid January.
JOURNAL CLUB Please try to attend Articles are sent out before the meeting We meet at HF and SC at 7 AM Various days of the week depending on
Radiologists schedule Contact a team leader if you want to
attend but are scheduled to work and we can get rooms closed.
Need volunteers to review articles Worth 1 CME each meeting
Testicular DopplerIf we do Doppler, we need an order.
Please check even if it has been scheduled with Doppler.
Make notes of what you do in the comments on online form.
Meeting Requests…
Please accept, deny or check tentative when you receive meeting requests
Simply gives me an estimated head count for food
You are expected to attend, but are not mandatory
TEAM LEADER TRIVIA• Will be more likely to say “Mahalo” instead of thank you.
• God, I love Sydney Crosby. Yumm.
• I think I’m a Team Leader butI'm not.
• I constantly bonkmy head on things.
• Malibu is a boat ,not a Rum. Well, maybe both.
• I think I've been here before ?
• You want a vacation day? Good luck!
ULTRASOUND MANAGEMENT
Lynnette Becker VP/VC
John Crowley-Manager
Rosemary Ermitano Breast US
Marian Wilkonski VC/Schedules
Kaelene Scoville SC
Julie Bronson HF
Bill Berry SHMC
UPDATE…JULIE BRONSON
IMAGE QUALITY BASICS…THE THREE F’S AND ONE B
• Frequency • Field of View/Depth • Focal • Balance
FREQUENCY
What is wrong with this image?
Should be zoomed!! Higher frequency. Need an additional lateral view for the septum. The grey map should be changed to add contrast. This image is not as sharp as one taken with harmonics.
An image of the entire thorax with a four chamber heart allows the assessment of cardiac size and axis, and demonstrates the area behind the heart as well.
What is wrong with this image?
Improper field of view and focal zone placement– good transducer frequency, but sector width needs to be narrowed and depth reduced. Focal zone should be adjusted to the level of the nose/lips.
Nose/lips are outlined by fluid. Highest frequency possible used. Zoomed in properly. Upper lip is completely demonstrated.
Recent QA Feedback
What’s Wrong ?
Cortical Thickness ?
Cortical Thickness
Post void image needed if Hydro is suspected
Missed RCC
Gallstones without the Gallbladder
Prior CT
Why did the Radiologist just have a heart attack ?
Nice work !
Nice work!
Nice work! Endometrial CA
Thank You !