Streamlining CT efficiency at Great Lakes Medical Imaging with teamplay Protocols

In 2022, the CT department at Great Lakes Medical Imaging completed more than 23,000 cases. We were able to complete this high demand of studies successfully through the process of having fluent CT scanners with the help of team play protocols. Typically healthcare centers that do not have standardized protocols management, you have to be in front of the scanner to change every protocol. So for us 5 sites, you're across two counties, there's a 60 mile difference from one site to the other and you're spending a lot of time driving and sitting in front of a computer. You have to not have patients on the table because you need the scanner. So you're also losing revenue and then you're literally really sitting there and changing every component of a protocol. According to research, it is estimated that optimizing just 30 CT protocols cost upwards of $40,000 a year. I would say you're probably spending a couple days of month doing nothing but changing protocols. In 2020, when we purchased 4 Siemens Health and Ears CT scanners, we decided that was the moment our protocols needed to be fluent through all of our sites. When we purchased another Siemens Health and Ears CT scanner for our new location, it was extremely easy to transfer our 70 plus protocols from the team play protocol application to the new machine within a matter of about an hour. Team Play protocols has greatly impacted the CT Protocol committee and the amount of hours and miles that it would take us to drive from center to center before we had this application. Team Play Protocol has definitely been an incredible time saver and also very convenient because it can be done anywhere on any computer. When I was nearing the end of my pregnancy in the spring, I was working remotely from home for a few days and as technologists would reach out to me asking protocol questions, or a radiologist would ask me to verify a slice thickness or something about the protocol, I was able to log into Team Play protocols right on my laptop from my kitchen table and verify yes, this is correct, or e-mail them back and say I was able to make this change amongst all five of our scanners. With team play protocols, it's not only a time saver, but from a consistency standpoint, the radiologists love that everything is named the same, even down to the recons are named exactly the same. When you're going through accreditation, you need all the imaging parameters they ask for, the algorithms, slice thickness, all those things. And again, rather than having to go to the scanner, you can do it from your laptop, from your office computer, from anywhere, and fill out all that information without having to go to five sites. My team is able to text, call, or e-mail me in an instant asking me to log into the scanner no matter where I am working and check the protocol or change something if they need. It could easily be used in other modalities. We also have a PET CT scanner that we use team play protocols with and you could easily use it for Mr. scanners. Team play protocols has definitely given me more time in the office to be able to focus on other tasks or be present in the department because I am not driving from site to site to make the changes to the protocols because I'm able to access them right on the computer no matter where I'm working. Saving time from having to go from scanner to scanner leaves more time for patient care. So the text don't have to be in front of the scanner changing protocols. The manager doesn't have to be in front of the scanner changing protocols. Everybody has more time for patient interactions.

45 2.0 5.00 3.00 120 1.00 100 300 8.00 98 250 Siemens Healthineers proudly presents Streamlining CT efficiency at with teamplay Protocols Great Lakes Medical Imaging WELCOME To the HISTORIC VILLAGE of STOP GREAT. LAKES MEDICAL IMAGING SIEMENS Nicole Tombaugh CT Manager LINDA MOSACK VARIDESK.com Linda Mosack Clinical Director 100 ml 1 C Healthineers SOMATOM go. Top teamplay Protocols Scanner list Protocol explorer Change log Protocol hub Filter & Search Q Search SOMATOM X.cite Connect (non-interru ... Categories Central Clinic Protocol tree Decision trees Activity history Configuration Modality types CT Updated on 11/18/2021 11:30 (Update) 3 items Export as XLS SOMATOM X.cite, syngo CT VA40A Visibility 162 protocols Customer protocols All body sizes SOMATOM go.Top Expand all Protocol name Version SOMATOM X.cite 2 Vessel Region Special Protocols Folder Share with ... Distribute Protocol distribution Select scanners* + Add scanner Comment distribution Add comment Distribute these protocols (11) Sinus Brain Version : 9/2/2021 11:22 Brain Perfusion Thorax Version : 7/12/2021 21:18 LungLowDose ThoraxAbdomen Cancel Request to distribute protocols started successfully. It may take several minutes before protocols are available at the target scanner. TORNIER SHOULDER OLEARY TRUMATCH SHOULDER From teamplay From File Directory Hide Delete Export Import VENOGRAM-DR.NICHOLAS GL Exam Designer Back to Exam Designer Scan Protocols 1. Select Protocols 2. Modify Protocols 3. Confirm Changes Protocol Scan Favorites General Scan Timing Physio Scan Contrast Recon Favorites General Recon Recon&GO Image Impression Recon Box Auto Tasking Inline Options Find/Replace Scan/Recon Slice Thickness FAST Planning Kernel FAST 3D TOPO Topogram Head HEAD WO HEAD STND Cerebrum Hr40 On COR STND Parallel Ranges Orientation .... SAG STND HEAD STND THINS Impression M. HEAD BONE THINS Tr20 TOPOGRAM Topogram Body CHEST WO Mediastinum CHEST STND Br40 THIN STND THIN BONE COR Bone SAG AXIAL MIP Select Protocols Dose mm Inline Results Dental Extremity Intervention Lung Intervention Soft Tissue Wide Br60 8 8 Br48 Config [mm] Comment 1 Narrow ACR FitGuard Prime SAG STNO HEAD WITH FitGuard Prime Image Order HEAD WO AND WITH (Adult) Feet to Head Front to Back Protocols elect Protocols Scan Mode Physlo Scan Physio Recon Window@120kV Multi Recons Head - Head - No Tilt Parallel Ranges Orientation ... Contras Increment Inner Ear Intervention Bone Validate Scan Mode None Patient Browser chest Search Protocols: Filter by: Patient Type all Show: Factory Protocols (108) Customer Protocols (91) Decision Tree all Instances Head (10) Neck (5) Upper Extremities (0) SOFT TISSUE NECK HEAD WO AND WITH NECK CHEST W WO (SPLIT) Neck (0) Lower Extremities (0) + Add folder IAC & TEMPORAL BONES NECK CHEST W WO SINUS FACIAL BONES NECK CHEST ABD PEL W WO Shoulder (4) Vascular Head (0) SINUS MEDTRONIC Trauma SINUS ACCLARENT ORBITS WO CORONAL AXIAL Thorax (0) Vascular Neck (0) AXIAL HEAD W WO SHOULDER AXIAL HEAD WITHOUT Abdomen (0) Vascular Thorax (0) Specials Pelvis (0) Vascular Cardiac (0) Intervention Spine (0) Vascular Abdomen (0) Reset Selection Adult Local Data GREAT LAKES MEDICAL IMAGING Siemens Healthineers AG, 2024 The outcomes and statements provided by customers of Siemens Healthineers are unique to each customer's setting. Since there is no "typical" hospital and many variables exists (e.g ., hospital size, case mix, and level of service/technology adoption), there can be no guarantee that others will achieve the same results. Internet connection is needed to access the teamplay application. Furthermore, a browser with HTML 5 is needed for the desktop browser applications. teamplay products are not commercially available in all countries. Due to regulatory reasons their future availability cannot be guaranteed. Please contact your local Siemens Healthineers organization for further details.