CARE PROVISION
Groundworks ongoing inside the new facility.
The Canon Medical Arena encompasses a flexible multi- sporting facility, featuring three full-size basketball courts, and is designed to hold 2,500 spectators.
the community in conjunction with local Integrated Care Systems, NHS providers, and health insurance companies. It will also provide the South Yorkshire
region with its first specialist sports diagnostic imaging facility, that will translate elite-level health, injury, and rehabilitation learnings to routine clinical practice. This will enable early detection, prevention, and faster rehabilitation for sports injury and illness, as well as providing pre-season medicals and sports injury services to professional, elite, semi- professional, and committed athletes.
Alleviating health workforce pressures via hybrid staffing models Pressure on healthcare resourcing has long been predicted due to the retirement rates in specialities such as radiology, coupled with the replacement delays from long training timeframes for new recruits. COVID has added to this workforce crisis,
with well-documented burnouts of NHS staff, who had to just keep going through the darkest days. Despite the introduction of new systems and strategies to catch up on the growing waiting lists, new community-based diagnostic centres cannot operate without people power. Canon Medical recognises this, and that
the evolution of modern healthcare goes further than just increasing the capacity and volume of imaging systems. It also requires strategic consideration of how to innovate the deployment of human resources in healthcare facilities. This has been factored into the development of the Canon Medical Arena. By working in collaboration with specialist partners, new ideas on staffing models – to work alongside the arrival of new CT and MRI scanners – are happening. This approach is about working to support the NHS to improve productivity by creating a rich and shared talent pool, and building back
resilience in existing people by creating flexible roles and training new people for the future. Installation of advanced medical imaging
systems into the Medical Diagnostic Centre will also help drive operational productivity benefits to see more patients during the working day and battle through waiting lists. This will include the introduction of the latest generation of imaging systems with built-in AI and automation features. These help radiographers or sonographers with patient positioning, procedural consideration, and accurate image acquisition first time to improve workflow efficiency. For example, a new MRI scanning planning tool, Auto Scan Assist, will form part of the new imaging innovations. This utilises Deep Learning and Machine Learning to enhance diagnostic imaging of a wide range of anatomical examinations – from musculoskeletal (MSK), breast, cardiac, knee, liver, and prostate, to whole spine to achieve greater efficiencies. Early data3
indicates that this can not only
reduce the workload burden by up to 80% on MRI radiographers, but also improve overall workflow and the potential number of MR examinations and procedures to be carried out throughout the working day. A 75% reduction in operating time and workflow also reduces the overall examination times for patients, improving their comfort and experience.
The new Canon Medical Arena opened on the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park on 5 October. Canon Medical says that the ‘blueprint initiative’ is built on a belief that the way to improve people’s overall wellbeing is ‘through proactive health, sport, social engagement, and education – creating a cycle of future health prosperity that boosts a longer quality of life’.
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Advancing preventative health and screening programmes The advent of Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) can be applauded for the success of increasing the number of diagnostic imaging tests and scans accessible to patients. Yet one of the downsides widely reported is that the conceptional aim of preventative health closer to the community still has some way to go. Early diagnosis is far better for the long-term health economy. Identifying some conditions or disease early can
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