An expert panel introduces the basics of imaging informatics, provides strategies for successful utilization of speech recognition and structured reporting and shares insight into business analytics.
Can mobile devices untether radiologists? Evidence is building that these platforms will improve patient care, efficiency and communication in radiology.
Applying the Toyota business concept of Lean Manufacturing--a quality improvement (QI) method aimed at reducing waste--to radiology can spur optimized value and enhanced QI, according to an article published in the June issue of the
Journal of American College of Radiology.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As pressure grows for hospitals to provide better care at lower costs to more patients, providers can no longer linger in the the dark ages. A business analytics movement in healthcare could deliver substantial savings for providers and improved outcomes for patients, according to a June 3 session on business analytics at the annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM).
