ESTRO 2024 - Abstract Book

S2946

Interdiscplinary - Other

ESTRO 2024

Since the scheduled time on the CT is now closer to the actual time needed on the CT, the program is perceived as more stable, less disruptions are perceived and RTTs have a better overview on their daily workload.

Conclusion:

The structured approach of Toyota’s problem-solving method resulted in countermeasures to further improve the CT utilization when improvement no longer seemed feasible. Combining all involved disciplines and following the structured approach increased the quality of analysis and determining actual root causes. This approach prevented us to go in action modus and define countermeasures to soon and increased the quality of decision making. Deeper insights were gained and teamwork was strengthened due to an increased understanding of each other's perspectives and processes. Especially for complex problems this problem-solving should be considered to create sustainable improvement.

Keywords: CT utilization, improvement, workload

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The Dutch Green Deal of Sustainable Care: how can radiotherapy reduce it's environmental impact?

Charlotte E Wijnker 1 , Hans Ossebaard 1 , Dionne S Kringos 2

1 National Health Care Institute of The Netherlands Nederland, Zorg, Diemen, Netherlands. 2 Amsterdam UMC, Department of Public Health and Occupational Health, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Purpose/Objective:

The climate crisis is considered the single biggest health threat facing humanity (Watts et al., 2018; WHO, 2021). Conversely, healthcare exacerbates the climate crisis: the Dutch healthcare sector is responsible for 7% of the national ecological footprint of climate change, 4% on waste generation, 8% blue water consumption and 13% on material extraction (Steenmeijer et al., 2022). With 6,000 monthly cancer treatments in the Netherlands,