Who We Are
Lear Medical is an international healthcare brand with a focus on improving radiological outcomes by enhancing safety and quality through a thorough value chain review process. Radiological services globally are in dire need of change in order to reduce errors and thereby reduce the potential for adverse patient outcomes. Combining expertise in aviation, radiology and technology industries; Lear Medical can offer real-world data insights to effect and be the catalyst to improve health and safety in radiology units and hospitals worldwide. By benchmarking the airline industry’s safety and quality model, there is immediate and direct impact that can be achieved
Safety at the early stage
Radiology is an important and vital part of a patients care journey. If there is an error at this early stage, it could be highly detrimental to the medical decision making, and ultimately the patients ongoing pathway to treatment and health. Not only the potential harm to the patient must be considered but that of the organisation’s reputation, brand, and trust from the patients.
Globally, there is a shortage of Radiologists. The problem is only getting worse as the demand for imaging services increases. We at Lear Medical, would like to remove a large amount of the safety and quality requirements from the radiologist’s purview so that they can focus on their primary job which is reporting cases.
The global error rate in radiology is between 3-5%. Recent estimates have put this number a lot higher. Due to the detrimental and harmful effects that errors could have on a patient, we at Lear Medical want to reduce the number of errors by implementing our process so that the speciality of Radiology becomes as safe as an airline flight.
Lear Medical’s unique approach to improving safety and quality in radiology is as mentioned based and benchmarked on the successful airline model; with a view on an ongoing review of the service value chain, threat analysis, causal and root cause analysis, deficiencies, introduction and implementation of Safety Management Systems (SMS), qualitative and quantitative measurements on performance, human factors, data collection and analysis.
