Fort Wayne Radiology Services
With a staff of 22 radiologists, Fort Wayne Radiology provides a full range of radiological services at 23 regional facilities. This talented group of physicians meets patients' needs 24 hours a day throughout Indiana and Northwest Ohio. Services include:-
Magnetic
Resonance Angiography (MRA) - Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Computerized Tomography Angiography (CTA)
- Cardiac Computerized Tomography Angiography (CCTA)
- Nuclear Medicine
- Interventional
- Angiography
- Venous Access
- Aspiration Biopsy
- Drainage Procedures
- Vertebroplasty
- UFE - Pediatric Radiology
- PET/CT
- Digital Mammography
- Screening
- Diagnostic
- R2 Image Checker
- Ultrasound
- Prostate Ultrasound
- Breast
- Carotid
- Doppler
- DEXA/IVA - mobile and fixed
- Diagnostic X-Ray
- EBCT
- Breast MR
- Breast Biopsy
Through our marketing support, Fort Wayne Radiology provides outreach services. Our staff conducts Breast Health & Wellness programs, participates in corporate screenings and co-sponsors a variety of other community health and wellness programs.
Fort Wayne Radiology's community involvement extends beyond traditional relationships. Historically we have provided financial donations and professional guidance in assisting hospitals with equipment purchases and contributed to hospital foundations. Fort Wayne Radiology is a member of several health care delivery systems, while individual staff members serve on a variety of community boards and committees such as the American Cancer Society, Vera Bradley Classics, Junior Achievement, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, The Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce and Fort Wayne Museum of Art.
Assuring Quality of Service (QA)
Each of Fort Wayne Radiology's experienced and talented physicians is certified by the American Board of Radiology. Our radiologists' expertise includes a number of specialties:- Skeletal Radiology
- Abdominal Imaging
- Neuroradiology
- Body Imaging
- Vascular and Interventional Radiology
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Computerized Tomography
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Digital Mammography
- PET
- Nuclear Medicine
- Dexa
- Ultrasound
Our broad/vast/extensive staff of highly skilled radiologists enables us to maintain quality care around the clock with teleradiology and consultation services. It also allows the flexibility necessary for each physician to participate actively in continuing education and community health care issues in order to remain knowledgeable in current technology.
Another key factor in providing quality service is maintaining quality assurance standards. Fort Wayne Radiology's quality assurance incorporates a formal program of measures which exceed minimum standards in several key areas:
- Equipment and materials
- Physician interpretations and reporting
- Technologist performance ratings
- Professional and business policies and procedures
- Accreditation by the American College of Radiology
- Financial assistance for technologists continuing their education
Quality Improvements (QI)
The evolution of Quality Improvements (QI) in the United States healthcare system has been moved from backstage
to a leading role by public demand. Managed care increasingly demanded proof of practice quality and the
appropriate use of medical resources. Virtually every physician, administrator, technologist and nurse in
every field of health care has participated in quality improvement programs in the past several years. While
the terminology is constantly changing, many of the key principals of QI have long been accepted in health
care institutions. In the radiology department, the goal to deliver efficient, high quality diagnostic imaging
can not be accomplished without an effective QI program.
Quality means different things to different individuals. To some, it implies adherence to a predefined set of standards. To others, it means doing the right things right while maintaining a high level of service and customer satisfaction. QI looks proactively at how problems develop by seeking them out and analyzing them in an effort to find methods to prevent these problems from happening again. QI also continually strives to improve processes within an organization. The proper quality management system should have a program in place that continuously analyzes services and monitors performance. Ultimately, the effort to achieve quality must be a continuous activity within the radiology department.
QI has proven that care is enhanced and costs are lowered by constantly improving the way processes are done. Specific to radiology, quality of service can be defined as the performance of appropriate diagnostic or interventional imaging procedures conducted in a safe, expedient and caring manner combined with timely, reporting of accurate results. The key to quality in radiology is constant communication among physicians, technologists, patients and others. Strong medical direction, efficient support, fast and accurate information systems, outcomes data and advanced technology are vital to providing quality diagnostic imaging services.
Quality control is often used interchangeably with quality improvement, although they are quite different. Quality control looks for problems after a product has been produced and often assumes that a level or percentage of error is acceptable. In contrast, QI looks for opportunities to identify and prevent problems on an ongoing basis. QI attempts to solve minor problems on an ongoing basis. Every effort, defect, complaint or inefficiency provides an opportunity to improve service and the overall patient experience.
Fort Wayne Radiology has established an ongoing commitment to quality to eliminate existing problems and prevent the development of new ones. An effective QI program will be a cycle of continuous quality improvements (CQI). By embracing one or all of the concepts of QI and using the various methods by which they work, organizations can improve their services, as well as satisfy staff and customers. The basic principal behind quality is simple: Continually improved processes will result in improvements to the organization.