Archive for the ‘Radiology Workflow’ Category

AuntMinnie.com is running a series on surviving the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA). The first article was on Leading Your Imaging Center, and the second one was on Attaining Operational Excellence. The final article is entitled Deficit Reduction Act Survival Kit, Part 3 – Growing the Business. This article is basic – Marketing 101 for Imaging [...]

As mentioned in a previous post, AuntMinnie.com is running a series on surviving the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA). The second in the series is entitled Deficit Reduction Act Survival Kit, Part 2 – Attaining Operational Excellence. The interesting points of this article include: Target small, incremental changes. With this approach, the multiple small improvement steps [...]

AuntMinnie.com is running a series on surviving the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA).The first article in the series is entitled Deficit Reduction Act Survival Kit, Part 1 – Leading Your Imaging Center. DRA is driving articles and best practice suggestions on how to enhance the operations of a radiology practice to soften its impact. Some of [...]

The Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 is having an impact on imaging centers. A recent Aunt Minnie article entitled The DRA at Six Months: How Outpatient Imaging Centers Are Coping examines the various impacts of DRA on both outpatient imaging centers and hospital radiology group practices. Some of the interesting impacts are highlighted in [...]

For radiology practices, matching the marketing message to the operational experience is critical for the referring physicians. There is an interesting article entitled “Attracting Business“ that appears in Advance for Imaging & Oncology Administrators. The crux of the article is radiology practices have evolved into customer-centric businesses in which the operations need to match the [...]

Healthcare interoperability is a key issue at RSNA. Determining which standard to use, however, can be challenging and create unnecessary complexity.

PACS Administrators play a key role in radiology practices and enhancing radiology workflow. Although the PACS title has been around for only ten years, some think that the title does not accurately reflect what they do today. The PACS administrator role could be broken into many parts, including: IT manager Application manager Project manager Radiology [...]

Highlights new technology to increase radiologist productivity and enhance radiology workflow With the instant demands of today’s consumer, and the ability of new technologies to transmit tremendous amounts of data quickly and securely, there has never been a better time for imaging centers to update the way radiology reports are handled and transmitted, and to [...]

In a radiology practice that employs state-of-the-art imaging technology, doctors are often continuing to shuffle through papers to find the information they need. While adopting a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) solution is widely viewed as critical to improving the workflow, other technology advances are commonly ignored. In many instances, supporting clinical information is [...]