Will Trump Encourage Teleradiology? Experts Share Theories.

Teleradiology in the Cloud is the Future

This Presidential election cycle was unlike any other, and the radiology industry can only guess what will happen to shape the industry in the next four years (or shorter, or longer) with a new president. Could the Affordable Care Act be turned on its head? What will happen with healthcare policy going forward, and how will any changes impact teleradiology?

President-elect Trump spoke about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the campaign trail and promised to repeal it on “day one.” However, he’s since said he would like to keep various portions of it. Experts say it would take two years to fully implement a repeal of the ACA. The Trump presidency has supported health IT and is not looking at any major changes at this time, which could be a good sign for teleradiology.

Teleradiology hasn’t always had an excellent reputation, but teleradiology has increasingly gained acceptance due to a demand in technology, workload efficiency and lifestyle. The evolution of the technology surrounding teleradiology has improved how teleradiologists do their work. Add in changing market conditions and you get a sense for where teleradiology is going in the future, regardless of what’s going on in the federal government.

Clinician-owned imaging centers are also on the rise thanks to the advent of advancing modalities in teleradiology. As an example, orthopedic groups are pushing for teleradiology thanks to the maturation of MRI and a popular piece of technology for extremity scanning that didn’t hit the scene until the mid 1990s. The orthopedic groups are working to gain a competitive advantage with teleradiology, capturing a new revenue stream that was once only thought to be relevant for outside imaging centers or larger hospital groups.

While some organizations, including orthopedic groups, have the luxury of establishing their own teleradiology programs, it’s not something that every clinician, rural hospital or small hospital group can do on their own. Utilizing cloud-based technology, even the smallest providers in the most remote places can have top-of-the-line teleradiology services without all the cost and upkeep.

Platforms such as Telerad360 from OffSite Image Management, Inc. are poised to be at the forefront of offering technology that can heavily impact how providers large and small approach radiology in 2017 and beyond. Telerad360 features a solution that was created in partnership with diagnostic image management leader OffSite along with IMSI Med. It offers a cloud PACS with browser agnostic viewing of images, which means regardless of what kind of viewer you’re operating with, Telerad360 will work with it.

Telerad360 can assist hospitals and clinics that are currently struggling with gaps, delays and accessibility problems with medical images and the delivery of diagnostic results. OffSite clients who are using Telerad360 say it gives them ownership of their images while helping to improve patient outcomes. Find out what this solution can do for you by contacting us today.