The use of radiology services has increased and
with the influx of new patients and new radiology technology, radiology
departments are evolving, and this creates challenges in the radiology
workflow. If you’ve noticed bottlenecks
in your workflow, you’re experiencing something many other radiologists and
healthcare IT personnel are concerned about. To truly optimize your radiology
workflow, you should consider the following.
Diving Into Informatics
Recent studies
indicate that the rise of informatics over the last three decades has improved
the quality and efficiency of radiology, and that radiologists are at least in
part responsible for the evolving technology surrounding informatics.
Investing in imaging informatics is a necessary step in streamlining the
radiology workflow for one simple reason – it controls how images are used and
exchanged across all the complexities involved in today’s healthcare system.
A Seamless Flow
IT serves an important role in radiology workflow, as integrating radiology
software systems assists in navigating the many programs involved in the
typical radiology department, including electronic health records, dictation
and picture archives, to name a few.
With the right software in place, radiologists can spend more time getting
through the large amount of images they need to read. Rather than facing bumps
in the road that take valuable time to figure out, let software help integrate
programs that otherwise don’t play well together.
EHR Integration
Another integration factor to consider is the radiology workflow, along
with the electronic health records (EHR) of each and every patient.
Communication is often an issue where patient records are concerned. Many times, an exam is ordered, scheduled and
followed through with, yet people who need to know the status of the exam are
left unaware.
By integrating the radiology workflow with HER, everyone has a deeper knowledge
of what’s going on, leading to fewer disruptions.
The OffSite Advantage
At OffSite Image Management, our mission is to help our clients operate
more efficiently. We recognize that the landscape many radiologists are
entrenched in today can bring a number of complexities to the daily flow, which
is why we’ve developed a range of solutions, from PACS to archiving and
disaster recovery solutions. We developed a PACS administration service, so you
don’t have to worry about the daily tasks required to run a PACS.
Furthermore, OffSite has developed rule-based auto-forwarding of data sets with
enhanced auto-routing to automate time-consuming tasks. For smaller, low volume
facilities, we recommend our PowerPACS solution. For small- to medium-sized
facilities that have the need for more storage, we recommend CloudPACS, which
includes data center reliability (guaranteed uptime). Larger facilities are a
good match for the business continuity options in our EnterprisePACS solution. Contact
us today and find out more about what we can do to ease your workflow,
improve your services and save you money.
