AHRA has announced the sixth year of its Putting Patients First program, which is funded by Toshiba America Medical Systems.
Putting Patients First grants allow healthcare facilities to fund programs, training, or seminars aimed at improving patient care and safety in CT, MR, ultrasound, x-ray, and vascular imaging.
The program provides six grants of up to $7,500 each to hospitals and imaging centers, along with an additional grant of up to $20,000 to an integrated delivery network (IDN). Three of the $7,500 grants are awarded for projects that improve pediatric imaging, while the other three are for projects that improve overall patient care and safety in imaging.
The grant of up to $20,000 is awarded to an IDN or hospital system for projects that improve overall patient care and safety in imaging across the IDN/hospital system. All winning facilities will then develop and share their best practices.
Eligible facilities may complete an application at ahraonline.org or medical.toshiba.com. The deadline to apply is October 14, 2013, and the winners, selected by AHRA, will be announced at RSNA 2013.
