Applying quality management tools to medical photography services: a pilot project.
The Medical Photography Department at Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust set up a pilot project to reduce the turnaround time of fundus fluorescein angiograms to the Ophthalmology Department. Quality management tools were used to analyse current photographic practices and develop more efficient methods of service delivery. The improved service to the Ophthalmology Department demonstrates the value of quality management in developing medical photography services at Peterborough Hospitals.
Murray
Peter
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Medical Photography Department, Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust, Thorpe Road, Peterborough PE3 6DA. pd_murray@hotmail.com
D000720:Ancillary Services, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D006748:Hospital Departments; D009885:Ophthalmology; D010781:Photography / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*