Chapter 4 Patient Care slideshow

Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO’S)

-fixed fee with copay

-Managed care: promoting regular physical exams, immunizations, weight control, treatment for HBP, preventative care

Preferred provider organizations (PPO’s)

-similar to HMO’s

-Reduced rates with an established network of providers

Federal Health Insurance

-Affordable care act: mandating that everyone received health insurance

-medicare and Medicaid

Medicare

Covers portion of the medical costs for those 65 years and older

Medicaid

funds to assist the indigent, each state sets guidelines for services and eligibility

Health care settings besides hospitals

-Clinics

-primary physician office

-specialty physicians

-imaging centers

-mobile

-emergency care centers/urgent care

-outpatient surgical centers

-Industry and research

Health care team

Physicians, nurses, allied health professionals

Hospital organization chart

-board of directors

-chief of executive officer (CEO)

-medical staff (physicians)

-Departments: nursing, support, operations/ancillary (radiology is here), administration, finance, education

-human resources department

Imaging services administration

-Similar to hospital structure: administrative director, medical director, department chair, radiologists

-specialty modalities (sonography, MRI) may have their own departments

-responsible to adhere to hospital mission

Profession defined

A paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification

-organized to govern itself

-set standards for professional behavior and education

-qualification to practice and enforces standards

-publishes peer reviewed scholarship

Role of professional organizations

A group of people in a learned occupation who are entrusted with maintaining control or oversight of legitimate practice of the occupation

ASRT

-our principle professional organization

-nationally recognized professional society representing all radiologic technologists in US

-defines curriculum, sets practice standards, pushes code of ethics

ARRT

Recognizes and attests to the qualifications of individuals in MI, interventional procedures, radiation therapy

-adopts and upholds standards for educational prep for profession

-provides a way to recognize individuals who continue to demonstrate their qualifications by continuing education requirements

Accreditation

A process that a health care institution, provider, program, undergoes to demonstrate compliance with standards developed by an official agency

-middle states association, JCERT, TJC

JCERT: Joint Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology

Accredits educational programs within the United States and its territories: radiography, radiation therapy, magnetic resonance, medical dosimetry

-sets the standards for programs, based on the curriculum established by the ASRT

In general, need for RT’s would increase because

-increasing age of baby boomers (age is increasing)

-increasing age of currently employed RT’s (retiring RT will be more numerous than RT graduates)

-continued improvements in technology will create more opportunities for specialization

-expanding healthcare facilities

Career ladder

-Lead technologist or team leader

-Radiology manager

-radiology director

-educator

-commercial jobs