 SROA is now accepting abstract submissions for the 2012 Annual Meeting to be held in Cambridge, MA from October 27-31. Please complete your submission by March 19, 2012.
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 Consider serving your society. Call for nominations for the Board of Directors is now open. Please submit all nominations by Wednesday, February 15, 2012. Click here to nominate a colleague or yourself.
SROA wants to recognize outstanding members of the Society and in the field of radiation oncology administration. Click here to learn more.
Commit to Greater Patient Safety: Sign the Pledge
The Society for Radiation Oncology Administrators (SROA) is asking radiation oncology administrators, physicians, physicists, dosimetrists and radiation therapists to sign a pledge that raises awareness of how much this team accomplishes in keeping patients and coworkers safe during treatments.
Based on a yearly average of one million patients undergoing radiation therapy in the United States, the SROA Advocacy Committee created a commitment that can benefit radiation oncology professionals and their patients. While recent news reports have centered on the tragic effects of errors and the many reasons they occur, the SROA pledge acknowledges that the radiation oncology team can make a difference.
This commitment to patient safety recognizes that everyone on the team is human and can benefit from a “time out.” It is a proactive approach to a life-saving treatment that so many patients must depend on.
You can download the “Safety Pledge” file or copy and distribute the document throughout your departments. For more ideas on how to pass this commitment forward, visit this site regularly.
Sincerely,
SROA Board of Directors and Advocacy Committee
Radiation Oncology News Briefs
Management Moment: Are you searching for that one document that would make your day? Look here first. Hover over the “Member Services” to find “My Toolbox.” This member benefit offers a one-stop array of resources that cover coding calculators, finance and budgeting, the revenue circle, QA and PI and radiation oncology operations. Because this section is built and maintained by radiation oncology administrators, it offers a unique set of documents culled specifically to aid SROA members.
Study Finds Small Margin of Error in Preventing Rectal Bleeding From Seeded Brachytherapy
A Japanese study involving 195 patients who underwent brachytherapy for prostate cancer found that a narrowed range for the intraoperative rectal exposure volume (rV100s) is required to decrease or prevent bleeding post-treatment. Read more ...
FDA Reaches Agreement on Medical Device User Fees Medical device companies have reached an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that would allow the agency to collect $595 million in user fees over five years. The agreement in principle applies to proposed recommendations for the third reauthorization of the medical device user fee program. Read more ...
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