Description:

Accessibility of Computed Tomography in Rural Alberta
May Yau, Alberta Health Services, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

Medical imaging has become an integral part of emergency medicine. What happens in rural and remote communities? Is there more that can be done?

Objectives:

• Outline the challenges to CT accessibility in Alberta Analyze solutions described in literature
• Examine the role of technologists in improving imaging accessibility

This session will be 20 minutes, with 5 minutes of Q&A

Retrospective: Mobile Radiology in NB
M. Todd Gordan, Provincial Manager of Extra-Mural Radiology Program, Extra-Mural Program NB

This is a retrospective of how mobile radiology has been immersed within the Nursing Home Special Care Home community through a pilot project and now exists as an addition to the Extra-Mural Program.

Objectives:

• Discuss a new methodology for radiological services within NB.
• Identify other means of time management with client, and staff, limiting resources, and decreasing costs.

This session will be 20 minutes, with 5 minutes of Q&A

Approved for 1 Category A Credit