Success Stories

Technology To The Rescue It’s 3 o’clock in the morning.A patient comes into the emergency department with an injury and requires radiology services.A resident radiologist covering on call hours interprets the images,and no fractures or other significant findings are noted.An … Continue reading →

Manual Workflows Staff data analysts were overwhelmed with the manual data gathering and reporting workflows necessary to review the 50-60 residents in the Radiology Department. Resident exams accounted for nearly 10% of the annual total, or about 3,000 per month and included plain films,MRI, … Continue reading →

Manual CTR Workflow: “A Painful Process” Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal #2 requires that hospitals gather and report Critical Test Results (CTR). Director of Radiology, Annie Baker, notes that, “We’ve always worked hard to communicate Critical Test Results. Hospital policy requires that all … Continue reading →

Albert Einstein Medical Center’s radiology department formerly used handwritten forms to report anomalies and radiologic technologist quality improvement (QI).When an anomaly (an error during image production) was discovered, the radiological technologist, supervisor,or radiologist hand wrote the report. After submitting the anomaly, the document was … Continue reading →

Albert Einstein Medical Center’s radiology department formerly used handwritten forms to report anomalies and radiologic technologist quality improvement (QI). When an anomaly (an error during image production) was discovered, the radiological technologist, supervisor, or radiologist hand wrote the report. After submitting the anomaly, the … Continue reading →