RSNA 2020 Diagnostic Imaging… What you need to know
“With RSNA recently wrapped and 2020 just beginning, it’s time once again for Radiology Today’s peek at the developments that have potential to reverberate throughout the year and beyond.” writes Dave Yeager with Radiology Today. Mr. Yeager identifies 5 key areas that diagnostic imaging providers should be focused on moving forward. We like that he used […]
Cyber security and radiology… prevention is key
In this article from Radiology Today, Keith Loria discusses the key to protecting your data, prevention. Seems prevention is always the key. Read the article HERE.
Streamlining your IT Infrastructure makes sense on multiple levels…
“Our mantra is to reduce, eliminate and consolidate wherever we can,” he says. “We want to reduce duplicate applications and the supporting infrastructure. We’re also actively promoting an organization wide push for standardization, which really resonates with clinicians,” writes Tommy Peterson of HealthTech magazine. Many of our partners have streamlining as one of their primary […]
Migrating to a Modern PACS…
PACS migration can seem overwhelming for the small radiology practice, as well as the large hospital system. The authors (Seth Berkowitz, Jesse Wei and Safwan Halabi) of this abstract have created a single paper with specific guidelines designed to ease your anxiety about your PACS transition. The authors include multiple and key PACS transition aspects […]
Are radiologists prepared for the future?
Read along as Alex Logsdon, MD spins a tale of the future landscape of diagnostic imaging… Click HERE for the story.
When to hire an outside radiology consultant…
You Need to Pinpoint Specific Areas for Improvement As many healthcare leaders have discovered, running a medical practice is far different from running a hospital or health system. But even when you know something isn’t working right, it’s often difficult to identify exactly what the problem is—or how to fix it. The best healthcare consulting […]
Quality improvement methods matter…
“Use of iterative cycles to refine interventions reflects engagement of the most basic proven quality improvement (QI) methodology. However, a new systematic review has found that fewer than half (46 percent) of published imaging QI projects used repeated test of change to refine an intervention.” What is an iterative cycle? Why does it matter? Read […]
How China leveraged IT infrastructure to battle the Coronavirus
Information technologies have played a pivotal role in China’s response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, such as proactive surveillance for rapid detection and diagnosis of infection, immediate isolation, rigorous contact tracing, quarantine of the close contacts, and exceptionally high awareness and acceptance of the measures among general public. Read the entire article HERE
Technology can improve efficiency of follow up recommendations…
Tessa S. Cook, MD, PhD says “In my early faculty years, my department started thinking about doing a better job at making sure that patients with possible cancers didn’t fall through the cracks after undergoing imaging.” This Radiology Today article touches on multiple methods to improve patient care around these challenges.
AMA quick guide to telemedicine in practice
The use of telemedicine and remote care services are critical to the safe management of the COVID-19 pandemic, while also ensuring uninterrupted care for 100 million Americans with chronic conditions. Telemedicine spans a continuum of technologies that offer new ways to deliver care including: – Real-time, audio-video communication tools (telehealth) that connect physicians and patients […]
