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Elevating Quality & Safety: The Role of a Clinical Practice Leader in Medical Imaging Management
Samuel Leung, Clinical Practice Leader, Medical Imaging, Humber River Health

Elevating Quality & Safety: The Role of a Clinical Practice Leader in Medical Imaging Management This presentation will briefly describe the role of a clinical practice leader (CPL) or equivalent as an integral part of the management team in medical imaging, and how its presence is crucial in ensuring high-quality patient care, optimizing operational workflow, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. As interprofessional healthcare systems become more complex, CPLs act as liaisons that help in bridging the gaps between frontline imaging staff, other healthcare teams, and senior management, to align clinical practices with organizational goals as well as raise awareness on all things pertaining to medical imaging. With a focus on ensuring satisfactory levels of staff competence, they provide essential leadership in implementing evidence-based protocols, promoting best practices, and driving compliance with regulatory standards, giving managers more opportunity to shift their focuses on administrative matters such as staff compliance, budgeting, human resources, etc.

Objectives:

• Explore and highlight the role and impact the CPL (or similar role) has on the overall view of medical imaging within a health care organization or network
• Showcase how CPLs bridge clinical practice and management, fostering collaboration and continuous professional development
• Discuss implementation of a clinical practice leader as an integral part of medical imaging management, and their structural variations between organizations

This session aligns with the CAMRT Strategic Plan Pillar 'MRTs Prepared for the Future'

Patient Safety: Everyone's a Risk Manager (ASRT Speaker Exchange)
D. Richelle Heldwein, MPH, B.S., R.T.(R)(ARRT), Chief Risk and Compliance Office, St. John’s Health

Patient Safety and Risk Management is a hot topic for all healthcare organizations. Educating staff and providers on key tools to prevent medical errors and keep patient's safe is a high priority for hospitals and for radiology departments. I will share our journey to Becoming a High Reliability Organization and improved outcomes and error prevention and prevent patient harm. This presentation will discuss models for High Reliability Processes and how to implement them in your organization and how it has helped our organization shift the Culture of Safety to the bedside and beyond." Patient Safety and Risk Management is a hot topic for all healthcare organizations. Educating staff and providers on key tools to prevent medical errors and keep patient's safe is a high priority for hospitals and for radiology departments. I will share our journey to Becoming a High Reliability Organization and improved outcomes and error prevention and prevent patient harm. This presentation will discuss models for High Reliability Processes and how to implement them in your organization and how it has helped our organization shift the Culture of Safety to the bedside and beyond.

Objectives:

• Increase awareness of high reliability organization components
• Teach tools for high reliability Teach tools for error prevention
• Teach tools for improved communication Provide teaching tools for Speaking Up for Safety
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• Approved for 1 Category A Credit