Deadline approaching for AHRA/Toshiba grant application

Applications for the Putting Patients First Grant from AHRA: The Association for Medical Imaging Management and Toshiba are due Oct. 15.

The AHRA & Toshiba Putting Patient First Program will provide seven grants in 2012 to fund programs, training or seminars aimed at improving pediatric or adult patient care and safety within diagnostic imaging. Grant-funded programs will be used to create a best practices tool to share with other hospitals and institutions.

Grant recipients will be announced during the AHRA reception at RSNA 2012.

Additional information about the program can be found at www.ahraonline.org.

Evan Godt
Evan Godt, Writer

Evan joined TriMed in 2011, writing primarily for Health Imaging. Prior to diving into medical journalism, Evan worked for the Nine Network of Public Media in St. Louis. He also has worked in public relations and education. Evan studied journalism at the University of Missouri, with an emphasis on broadcast media.

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