Common Misconceptions About Radiation Oncology Consulting
Regardless of how long your department has operated, incorporating radiation oncology consulting into the department’s launch or restructuring brings myriad benefits. Consultants team up with your medical professionals across the department. They’ll ensure you continue to provide exceptional patient care while also offering equipment at the forefront of radiation therapy technology and keeping your staff safe.
Despite the benefits of working with radiation oncology consulting, some misconceptions linger regarding the services available. We’re going to dispel five of them in this post.
Radiation oncology consultants specialize in one kind of accreditation.
False! We help radiation oncology departments to get either their ACR or their ACRO accreditation. Our experts will help your department decide which accreditation to apply for based upon your department’s capabilities and specialization. The American College of Radiation and the American College of Radiation Oncology both provide accreditation. But they offer special distinctions in different areas.
- Stereotactic Radiotherapy (ACRO)
- Breast Imaging Center of Excellence (ACR)
- Pediatric CT Imaging (ACR)
- Designated Lung Cancer Screening (ACR)
Radiation oncology consulting will steer you towards accreditation with the organization that provides special distinction in your department’s specialty area.
Consulting accreditation support is for department administration only.
In actuality, Team Net Medical provides accreditation support for the entire department. We’ll ensure every team member is ready for evaluation and confident in the standards set by either the ACR or the ACRO. We work with:
- Administrators
- Nurses
- Physicians
- Physicists and dosimetrists
- Therapists
- Our consultants are experts in medical physics equipment and operation and training to ensure your staff delivers the best in patient care through the accreditation process and beyond.
You need to hire separate consultants depending on the programs you offer.
You may worry you need specialized consultants for each facet of your department when you incorporate new programs or establish a new oncology department. This is inaccurate! Radiation oncology consulting covers a broad range of programs and therapies to give you customized support optimal for whatever your department offers.
Team Net Medical offer program development for:
- SRS and SBRT
- Rapid arc IMRT and IGRT
- HDR, Accuboost, Savi, Contura, Mammosite
- Low Dose Radiation and Breast Microseed Therapy
Whatever programs you offer patients, we’ll work with your entire department to develop policies and procedures that support exceptional patient care.
Oncology radiation consulting focuses on equipment, not personnel.
Ensuring federal, state, and local regulation compliance is a substantial part of the work of radiation oncology consultants. But we also offer personnel training programs to ensure departmental safety.
Working with radiation presents undeniable risks. Regular, thorough training will keep your oncology team safe and your equipment running in peak condition. Team Net Medical offers a series of services that provide the entire department with peace of mind that their safety and well-being are of utmost priority.
We offer:
- Safety program development and management
- Annual safety audits for radiation departments
- Safety officer staffing and department-wide training
- Keep your team safe and your department in compliance by working with radiation oncology consulting services.
Work with Team Net Medical for radiation oncology consulting to optimize or set up a new department.
The experts at Team Net Medical provide full-service radiation oncology consulting to help medical facilities either establish brand new oncology departments or revamp and optimize their current department–complete with accreditation support.
We tailor all our services to each unique client helping you achieve your goals for your medical physics departments and providing ongoing help to ensure you continue to deliver exceptional patient care. Contact our radiation oncology consultants to find out more about how we can help your department with our range of services.