Prepare for Impact: Developing Collective Workload Codes to Quantify Advanced Practice Radiation Therapy Clinical Activities

Key motivations for the development of the Clinical Specialist Radiation Therapist (CSRT) role in Ontario were to improve the quality of cancer care and maximize system efficiency. Quantifying the value or impact of each role is integral to sustainability especially in times of fiscal restraint. Our institution currently has 4 distinct CSRT roles in: brachytherapy, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), non-melanoma skin cancer and brain radiosurgery. In order to assess the value afforded by the clinical practice of each role, electronic workload codes were created to capture patient related encounters, which can subsequently be used to quantify impact in terms of quantity measures (e.g.
Source: Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences - Category: Radiology Authors: Source Type: research