Rad Results: The Mobile App That Connects Radiologists with the Patient Care Team
Originally published by Michael Walter on Radiology Business In radiology, it is vital for radiologists to connect with the entire patient care team...
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Shannon Werb
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August 5, 2019
The demand for imaging studies is expected to continue to increase for the foreseeable future. However, the number of radiologists on hand to perform those studies will remain relatively flat, and potentially decline. This is creating a market-wide capacity imbalance that is straining performance across radiology.
Teleradiology is playing a critical and expanding role for hospitals and practices as they strive to manage increased study volumes while maintaining high standards of care.
A number of factors are contributing to the increasing demand for diagnostic imaging studies.
The growing study volume is met with a declining pool of practitioners. This imbalance is creating greater competition for hiring skilled radiologists.
As the supply of radiologists dwindles, hospitals and radiology practices must place renewed focus on hiring and retaining radiological expertise to keep pace with increasing demand for studies. (For an in-depth discussion, see Staffing Strategies for a Tightening Radiologist Hiring Market, A How-To Guide.)
Increasingly, teleradiology is becoming an essential component of the long-term plans for clinical organizations. Advanced workflow systems have virtually eliminated geographic barriers and scheduling obstacles, enabling hospitals and practices the flexibility to integrate teleradiology into service plans as needed – whether short- or long-term, overnights, weekends or around-the-clock.
Hospitals and EDs are relying on teleradiology partnerships to streamline workflows and to prepare for inevitable volume spikes or staff shortages. This reduces the risk of overburdening the onsite radiology team, and potentially compromising study accuracy or employee morale. In fact, some hospitals and practices have begun to cite teleradiology partnerships in their recruiting efforts as evidence that they are committed to managing workloads, reducing stress and enabling radiologists to focus on their important cases.
In addition to better management of imaging workflow, many are recognizing teleradiology as an effective way to reduce the time and expenses associated with hiring and maintaining an extended staff. Partnering with a teleradiology firm allows hospitals to reduce the costs associated with identifying, recruiting, licensing, training and retaining onsite radiologists.
vRad is embracing a growing role in ensuring each diagnostic study gets the attention it deserves. We know workflows will need to evolve to balance the growing demand for imaging studies with decreasing capacity of radiologists while ensuring uncompromised patient care. In another blog entry, my colleague Ben Strong offers some insight into performance initiatives that are improving study accuracy and efficiency.
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