Radiology - Interventional Physician

Direct Patient Care: estimated 95% of the time involved in direct patient care. 5% Administrative
Scope of Care: Responsible for providing general and interventional Radiology procedures, including, but not limited:

• Diagnostic Radiology
• Ultrasound
• Computed Tomography (CT)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Nuclear Medicine (Nuc Med)
• Interventional Radiography (IR)

Participate in continuous quality improvement activities and meetings with committee participation as required by the facility Chief of Service, Chief of Staff, or designee.
Staff Meetings: Physician(s) shall attend staff meetings as required by the facility Chief of Service, Chief of Staff, or designee. Contractor to communicate with COR on this requirement and report any conflicts that may interfere with compliance with this requirement.

Peer Reviews: Physician(s) shall perform on-going peer reviews for approximately four hours per month.

Specialized Meetings: Physician(s) shall prepare for, attend and take care of follow up activities resulting from the following specialized meetings: List all meetings, associated time and frequency.
QA/QI documentation: Physician(s) shall complete the appropriate QM/PI documentation pertaining to all procedures, complications and outcome of examinations.

Patient Safety Compliance and Reporting: Physician(s) shall follow all established patient safety and infection control standards of care. Physician(s) shall make every effort to prevent medication errors, falls, and patient injury caused by acts of commission or omission in the delivery of care.

All events related to patient injury, medication errors, and other breeches of patient safety shall be documented in the medical record of those impacted and disclosed to the patient or surrogate. As soon as practicable (but within 24 hours) Notify COR of incident and submit an entry in the VA Patient Safety Reporting System, following up with COR as required or requested.