TUSTIN, Calif., Feb. 19, 2019 – Building on over a decade of commitment in helping health care facilities pursue greater patient care and safety, AHRA: The Association for Medical Imaging Management and Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. awarded one grant of up to $10,000 to an Integrated Delivery Network (IDN) and six grants of up to $7,500—two focused on pediatric imaging, two on overall patient care and safety in imaging and two on oncology imaging. Thanks to the 11th Putting Patients First program, seven leading health care providers have the ability to fund education and training programs to enhance the patient experience and safety in diagnostic imaging.

“High-quality diagnostic imaging plays a significant role in improving patient care, but unfortunately many health care facilities don’t have the resources to attain the proper equipment or implement the training and education needed to increase patient comfort and diagnose diseases more quickly and accurately,” said Angelic Bush, CRA, FAHRA, president, AHRA: The Association for Medical Imaging Management. “This year’s selected recipients presented remarkable programs that with the help of this funding, will not only advance safety and patient care, but will take the lead in providing new best practices and research for hospitals and health care facilities across the nation.”

The IDN grant has been awarded to:

· Einstein Healthcare Network (Philadelphia, Pa.) will create an advanced software solution with automatic detection of intracranial hemorrhage on non-contrast CT brain images to reduce the time it takes to generate preliminary or final reports by the radiologist, allowing them to prioritize their workflow and analyze the most acute examinations first to improve patient care.

Pediatric grants have been awarded to:

· Lexington Medical Center (Lexington, Neb.), a Critical Access Hospital, will be able to offer more sustainable forms of pediatric patient immobilization through the purchase of immobilization systems, allowing technologists to better position patients in a fashion that is safer for the patient, technologist and additional bystanders by preventing unnecessary exposure to radiation.

· Nemours Children's Hospital (Orlando, Fla.) will be able to reduce sedation and costs while minimizing time in pediatric MRI scanning through the use of two new MRI mini models and play based therapy.

Overall patient care and safety grants have been awarded to:

· University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore, Md.) will be able to provide an Electronic Patient Tracking Board and Waiting Room Care Card to patients and their loved ones to improve comfort and reduce anxiety by educating them on the phases of care they can expect to receive while they are in the hospital for an outpatient interventional procedure.

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