Cardiac catheterization laboratory management: the fundamentals.
Increasingly, imaging administrators are gaining oversight for the cardiac cath lab as part of imaging services. Significant daily challenges include physician and staff demands, as well as patients who in many cases require higher acuity care. Along with strategic program driven responsibilities, the management role is complex. Critical elements that are the major impacts on cath lab management, as well as the overall success of a cardiac and vascular program, include program quality, patient safety, operational efficiency including inventory management, and customer service. It is critically important to have a well-qualified cath lab manager who acts as a leader by example, a mentor and motivator of the team, and an expert in the organization's processes and procedures. Such qualities will result in a streamlined cath lab with outstanding results.
Corazon, Inc., USA. anewell@corazoninc.com
Amy
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Newell
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011859:Radiography; D014481:United States