TMAT POLICY OF THE MONTH
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A Prostate Seed Implant Program requires a
numerous amount of documentation to run
smoothly and efficiently. Download this
"Prostate Seed Implant Program"
policy that provides an outline of the
following: training,
clinical scope, radiation safety, quality
control and documentation.
Note - this policy follows the ACR Practice
Guideline for Transperineal Permanent
Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer and the
recommendations from the AAPM Task Group
43. All documents listed in this policy
are available on our web portal.
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NEWS
AND INFORMATION
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The state of New Jersey requires that "New or
existing radiation oncology facilities shall be
fully accredited by the ACR or the ACRO within
three years of the effective date of these
rules and maintained
thereafter."
See page 133 (129 of the document), Section 8:43A-30.7 of the New
Jersey Department of Health and Senior
Services Standards for Licensure of Ambulatory
Care Facilities.
Supposedly the states of NY and AL have the
same requirement. More to come. .
. . .
Implant
Sciences Receives CMS Payment Code for its
new Ytterbium-169 ("Yb-169")
Radioactive Treatment Source.
Come by the TMA
Technology booth (#17) at this year's 2005
Annual SROA meeting in October.
The SROA meeting will be held in the Hyatt
Regency Tech Center located at 7800 Tufts
Avenue in Denver. We anticipate a
great meeting and look forward to seeing you
there!
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QA Survey and
Presentation
There is still
time to complete the anonymous QA survey, http://www.tmatech.com/survey/Survey.asp?SurveyId=1.
Survey results will be shared during the
presentation "Quality Care Delivered" on
Monday, October 17 at 11:00am at the 2005
SROA Annual Meeting in Denver.
ROPE DATABASE
Let
us show you how our quality assurance database,
the ROPE, can help you document and report quality
data vital for reimbursement and compliance.
Read more about the ROPE, http://www.tmatech.com/rope.asp. Call
or e-mail today to setup a 15 minute online demonstration!
TMAT WEB PORTAL
By subscribing
to the web portal you have access to over 200 policies,
procedures and forms that you can customize for
your facility. Policies and forms are updated
according to the latest changes and requirements
of accrediting organization and compliance issues.
Level
2 Invoice
Level
3 Invoice
Subscribe now and take advantage of the 2005
pricing!
PHYSICS SERVICES
Physics
services such as acceptance and commissioning offered
for all major linear accelerator manufacturers and
3-D TPS
beam data acquisitions and modeling for Phillips, Varian and CMS treatment
planning system, http://www.tmatech.com/partners.asp.
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