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 In nuclear medicine, as in other medical imaging departments, it’s not enough to have top-notch
equipment, high-quality radiopharmaceuticals and capable technologists. To be compliant, and
protect the safety of your staff and patients, you need the expertise of health physicists. No one
has more expertise in medical and health physics than the Medical and Health Physics
Services business of Cardinal Health.
Cardinal Health: A Trusted Name
Cardinal Health serves more than 7,000
hospitals, outpatient clinics and physicians’ offices,
providing 65% of the unit dose radiopharmaceuticals in the United States, nearly 10,000,000
prescriptions each year. Medical and Health Physics Services is a major force in the industry.
And like the Nuclear Pharmacy Services business of Cardinal Health, the leader in quality, with
extensive resources and the most rigorous standards in the industry.
A National Network
Cardinal Health’s national network of medical and
health physicists provides high-quality medical and
health physics services to imaging departments.
Because of Cardinal Health’s company-wide
commitment to excellence, ongoing support of
continuing education, and professional development
for health physicists, you can be certain the
Cardinal Health health physicists auditing your
facility, measuring radiation levels, calibrating your
equipment, or providing other services are experts
in their field.
The Total Solution™ in Health Physics
The Medical and Health Physics Services business of
Cardinal Health provides a comprehensive range of
services. This includes the quality control procedures,
calibrations, quality assurance, imaging resolution,
and record keeping processes necessary for the
operation of your medical imaging department.
Our experts can help with every aspect of health
physics including turnkey solutions, and ongoing
health physics services.
Need assistance with license preparation? A safety
audit? Evaluation and acceptance testing? Cardinal
Health health physicists can do all this, and
much more.
Information Tracking
Tracking the calibration status of instruments and
other data is critical in health physics.
Cardinal Health’s proprietary department
management system includes a health physics module
that permits comprehensive record keeping, the
ability to automate documentation for regulatory
compliance, automated reminders of critical quality
control and safety tasks, and analysis and reporting
of dosimetry and exposure levels.
Reimbursement
The Medical and Health Physics Services business of
Cardinal Health can also provide expert information
about reimbursement through a highly skilled team
of pharmacists and other nuclear medicine professionals
who understand local, as well as national
reimbursement standards. This service is especially
valuable for rapidly growing modalities, such as
PET, where insurers may need to be educated
about the value and reimbursement standards
for the modalities.
Nuclear Medicine Services
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License Preparation and Amendments |
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ALARA Audits |
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Dose Calibrator Testing |
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Survey Meter Calibrations |
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Sealed Source Leak Test, Inventory and Disposal |
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Air Ventilation Analysis |
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