FEATURE TELERADIOLOGY
facilities each face unique and continuous challenges in effectively carrying out the management of their imaging business. It has become a daily struggle for healthcare providers to maintain service excellence to the people within the communities they serve. Turnkey teleradiology management
Vascular Radiology , Paediatric Imaging) supercharged teleradiology as the promising trends in diagnostics and imaging management.
Advancements in Information Technology further interrelated teleradiology as solutions to these problems by lowering healthcare cost and connecting sub-specialties through internet advancements. The latest web-based applications enabled live collaboration and clinical correlation between the teleradiologist and physician while reporting , with efficient monitoring of exams and results on a real-time status. The past few years have
witnessed a prodigious growth in teleradiology services, fuelled largely by the desire of radiology groups to outsource off-hour radiology interpretations in the hope of making their practices more attractive, particularly in a tight labour market. This has also impacted
140% increase in annual imaging procedures by 2020. A study found that in 2020, the volume of radiology-related procedures will more than double the 1999 volume, an estimated 140% increase in annual imaging procedures. The number of radiologists is only expected to increase by about 2% each year. Furthermore radiology encroachment
on the latest equipments ( 64 slice CT, Ultrafast 3 Tesla MRI ), new sub-specialties limited expertise (Cross sectional PET- CT/Functional MRI, Oncology Imaging,
Can a hospital have a radiology department with no radiologists?
drastically on Emergency Care - regardless of physical location. Teleradiology has increased the efficiency and decreased the latency
period between study completion and interpretation. Hence today, teleradiology is rewriting diagnostics and imaging standards.
TURNKEY TELERADIOLOGY PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION It is of little surprise that the healthcare industry is under financial pressure and it is becoming increasingly difficult for healthcare practitioners and their groups to meet the diverse demands required for the management of their diagnostics and imaging practices. Hospitals, diagnostic centers, and imaging
solution enables us to enhance radiology practice by developing tools customized to the realities of workflow. There is no magic bullet for improving performance be it financial or operational. It can only be achieved by leveraging best practices, tested processes and relevant innovative technologies. Teleradiology through its collective expertise offers strategic planning and delivers expert practice management services to its healthcare provider clients and their practices. Teleradiology can either provide
a turnkey practice management solution or integrate one or more of the following services - Consultancy,
Today, teleradiology is rewriting diagnostics and Imaging standards
Project Management, Operations and IT Consultancy - important components of Image Management. The benefits of teleradiology services
for hospitals are, however, potentially much greater. Teleradiology services could alter the competitive positions of organizations in the market for imaging services and change the nature of the competition. Today teleradiology is an important
tool to increase the image reading business. Besides providing ‘Anywhere Access To Radiologists’ it also increases profits due to higher usage of equipment, thereby improving equipment cost effectiveness. This in return can provide streamline services to patients and ameliorate workflow of diagnostic and imaging facilities by reducing waiting lists. Therefore there is improvement in productivity and profitability – financial savings as TR also eliminates part-time positions. Consequently, for an imaging facility there are more profitable examinations and increased production while lowering cost and excessive employee recruitment.
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