The Essential Components of a Clinic: PET CT Training
How To Choose the Right Option For PET CT Training
When a decision is consciously made to get a second-rate product, that is a confirmation that the product in mind is either not important, or that the job it is being used for doesn’t have a high priority. For a clinic, PET CT training should not be in this category. It can be understood if a budget is keeping a clinic back from purchasing the most expensive training, but most expensive does not necessarily mean it is the best training.
Cost and money is a story. When you are looking at the most expensive PET CT training services, there is a good chance part of what you’re paying for is the name of a well-recognized and respected company that is easy to find. This doesn’t mean they are not worth the money, but it also doesn’t mean they will provide the best training. PET CT training is an investment being made in order to ensure the staff of a clinic has the highest possible competency when working with a scanner.
What is the True Value of the Most Expensive PET CT Training?
It is important to remember that the most expensive does not mean ‘best.’ It means the most expensive. Putting money into purchasing the most expensive PET CT training – or any training for that matter – does have value. But, it might not be the right value for every clinic.
When a clinic is prioritizing patient service and best practices, that clinic should be investing in training that reflects those ideals. Usually, this means investing some time into uncovering which PET CT training is most aligned with those values. The most expensive might be, but it could also just be expensive based on brand recognition. Doing research into the qualifications of the trainers provided, understanding their training techniques, and being aware of what devices they can train on is just as important.
Some PET CT training services do not have brand recognition, but they have more experience in a specific device than anybody else in the industry. They may be inexpensive, but they are likely the best choice if their device expertise is what a clinic needs.
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What PET CT Training Really Accomplishes
No staff members of clinical engineers will become experts with a device through a single session of training. No matter how good the training is, their expertise will be built over time with consistent use of the scanner, confronting and solving problems that arise along the way, and perhaps refresher training to remind them of applications and functions they do not regularly use.
The time put in is more valuable than any training that can be done. With a wealth of experience comes familiarity with the scanner and an increased ability to diagnose issues, troubleshoot, and manage tasks. So, PET CT training is not in place to create masters. What it does is create competent engineers who know how to find the answers they need when they need them. This will enable them to grow into masters. It is also an opportunity to develop a relationship with a company that you will be able to call on for repairs when they are needed.
The Importance of Ease in Searching for CT Scanner Spare Parts
In many avenues of life, people now prefer replacing things rather than repairing them. An attitude of this kind cannot exist with a clinic’s investment in its CT Scanner. The value searching for CT Scanner spare parts before planning to buy a new scanner cannot be overstated. Taking the time to make the appropriate relationships to make this search easier is as essential to the function of your clinic as many of the day-to-day processes.
The less time members of a clinic are distracted with a search for spare parts, the more attention they can devote to essential functions. This includes their interactions with patients, communications between colleagues, and communications with other offices. Some of these items may appear to require very little attention or effort, but connections and interactions suffer when they move to the periphery.
A single interaction can have a disproportionate impact on the way people view a clinic, depending on how members carry it out. If a staff member is distracted with concerns of the clinic’s search for CT Scanner spare parts or other internal functions that are not their priority, it can change the opinion of the clinic as a whole. Patients will remember a receptionist being dismissive of them even when they don’t understand why or if it only happens once. Events like this can happen if their attention is elsewhere. On the other hand, a Clinical Engineer greeting a patient with a friendly smile comforts the patient. Showing this kind of care is easier when they have no burden of other concerns.
Having A Trusted Provider to Aid Your Search
One of the most efficient ways to ensure a search for CT Scanner spare parts does not take a toll on the staff is by having a trusted group by your side for all of your needs. With a team or group that you know can handle a range of problems, a clinic puts time and attention back in its own hands.
Marquis Medical has a range of services we provide to keep the attention of a clinic on the roles it needs to play. Besides having an inventory of CT Scanner spare parts, our team will do everything from providing refurbished scanners, making service calls, providing training, and more. Our services translate to a clinic operating more efficiently where every member is in a better position to play their part to the best of their abilities.
CT Scanner Spare Parts; Easier to Find With the Right Relationships
At Marquis Medical, we are consistently updating our inventory and on the lookout for parts that you will need. By teaming up with Marquis Medical, you no longer have the job of searching for parts. That is our role, and we know all the best places to look.
Whether it is the X-ray tube, scanner bore, rotor, or another part of your scanner that needs attention, the experts on our team at Marquis Medical are a part of your team too. Our expertise allows your team to focus on their work while we focus on ours.
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Siemens CT Scanner Models That Do and Don’t Fit Your Needs
When it comes to Siemens CT Scanner Models, no two are the same. And, when it comes to the clinics that are looking for these models, needs, desires, and preferences will come in a wide variety. With an investment as substantial as a CT Scanner can come – especially when considering the purchase of a new scanner – a clinic cannot overthink this process no matter how much time it puts into it. Of course, there is a point where a purchase needs to be made, and this article is to help you get there.
Depending on the particular clinic, there are dramatically different needs. One clinic cannot go purely off the recommendation of a clinic that has a scanner working well for them unless the two are always seeing the same patients for the same reasons. A clinic must be aware of their specific needs and workload to make an informed choice.
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Being Aware of the Specifications for Specific Needs
It is crucial to keep in mind that one scanner does not function the same for different purposes. For example, if we look at multiple Siemens CT Scanner models, we can see scan times are different for the different types of scans it might perform. The SOMATOM Drive has a scan time for cardiac imaging of 6.48 seconds, but with Thoraco-Abdominal Imaging, that time increases to 28 seconds.
These are both exceptional scan times either way, but that is expected from state of the art systems like the SOMATOM Drive. With some scanners, the differences in time can have a significant impact on scanning and patient comfort level. It is not a viable method to decide on the fastest system as that could quickly have a clinic pouring too much of its resources into the scanner.
Understanding The Price Range
For the biggest operations out there, a much larger budget will likely be at their disposal. It is also likely that larger practices will be seeing many more patients than their counterparts. For these situations, the higher-end machines with triple-digit slice counts are going to be moving patients along at a much faster rate. A 256 slice CT scanner is one of the highest available on the market, but those can cost more than $2 million.
While slice count is important, and speed can help, moving to a lower slice count can save a lot of money for distribution towards other clinical needs. A new 16 slice CT scanner isn’t cheap, usually around $300,000, but having a few hundred thousand dollars back in your budget is a valuable resource, and a lower slice count will make a dramatic difference in price. Of the Siemens CT Scanner models, the SOMATOM Emotion 16 eco is an excellent 16 slice option where a clinic could expect a price tag between $50,000 and $100,000.
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When a Clinic Asks, “How Much Does A PET CT Scanner Cost . . .”
The first thing that a clinic needs to understand is this is not the first question they should be asking. When any clinic is asking, “how much does a PET CT Scanner cost?” what they should instead be asking is, “what kind of PET CT Scanner do we need?”
Ignoring the needs of a clinic and focusing only on the available budget is a mistake that will come with a steep price tag. Looking at the complete range of scanners available on the market, a clinic could find themselves spending anywhere from tens of thousands of dollars up to multi-millions. With the amount of money available for repurposing to the many needs of a clinic, a clinic wants to avoid purchasing a scanner with extra features they don’t need.
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What A Clinic Should Be Asking First
What do we need? This is the best question for a clinic to ask before beginning to look into the marketplace for available scanners. Is purchasing a refurbished scanner a viable option for us? What are the specifications that we need on a scanner? What types of scanning are we going to be doing? Is there a scanner that fulfills our needs better than anything else?
These are the questions that will lead a clinic to find the right scanner for them. When this is not the process that a clinic goes through, they are more likely to end up finding a scanner that they try to force into their budget and justify it as a necessary purchase. Such a strategy can cause problems branching out to all ends of the clinic.
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The Sacrifice Made By Asking “How Much Does A PET CT Scanner Cost?”
It is fair to admit this is an innocent-sounding question. The reality is more brutal. If this question arises in a clinic, it is coming with a sacrifice. That sacrifice is coming from any of the places within the clinic where extra money can no longer be repurposed because of overspending. Salaries of staff members, equipment budgets, training budgets, and many other things could all suffer from a lack of attention to fulfilling the actual needs of a clinic.
The next time anybody asks a question like this, the answer should be, “why?” Why is it important to know the answer to such a vague question? The more important thing to do is to narrow the parameters of the subject and come to a place where a reasonable solution can be found. There is no malice in asking, “how much does a PET CT Scanner cost,” but there are real consequences to believing that it is the only question to ask. Beneath the surface, there is a much better question to find, and it does not take a great deal of work to get there. For the sake of any clinic, it should find its needs before it finds its scanner.
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