SNMTS Program Director Survey.

The Data Analysis Task Force (DATF) was created by the SNMTS leadership to collect data that would be useful to both the organization and the profession of nuclear medicine technology (NMT) as a whole. A need was identified to collect timely data that could be used to provide benchmarks, establish trends, and recognize significant changes in our industry. The objectives and goals of this task force were identified and established at the SNMTS’s Gateway V meeting held in October 2003. The goal of the DATF was to design and implement a system to collect, analyze, and disseminate data to support planning, modeling, and forecasting functions. Several methods of data collection will be used, including ongoing surveys. The DATF was given the following charges: