Concurrent Educational Sessions

Practice Efficiency

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM EDT

Location: Room 105-106

Speaker(s)

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Amy Lynn Conners, MD

Chair - Midwest Radiology Quality Oversight Subcommittee Assistant Professor of Radiology
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

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Stamatia V. Destounis, MD, FACR, FSBI

Managing Partner
Elizabeth Wende Breast Care
Rochester, New York

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In this session, presenters will provide practical ideas for improving the efficiency of a breast imaging practice based on process improvement tools and experience within their own practices (academic and private).
Team-based approaches to identifying redundancy of staff tasks as well as creation of new staff tasks to improve workflow, increase/maintain patient volume and overall increase patient satisfaction.

Learning Objectives:

• Name 2-3 tools or principles that teams can use to improve clinical workflow.
• Describe the concept of level loading and how it can be applied to improve uneven workflows.
• Describe methods and tools to improve communication, education and empowerment among the entire team which can lead to team building and learning thus improving workflow, best practices and patient satisfaction.