Efficient Workflows for Imaging Centers

As imaging centers have seen across the country, volumes continue to increase without any signs of stopping. On top of this unprecedented demand for services, imaging needs more technologists and radiologists.

While hiring more on-site radiologists seems to be the easiest and most effective answer, it is now the most challenging task. Imaging centers must work around this shortage using impactful methods with the limited resources or radiologists they can.

Strategies for Efficient Workflow

Time Management between Procedures

Given the struggle to recruit on-site radiologists for modalities such as mammography, leaders must look at their workflow and evaluate the time of each procedure. Can a site reduce the time per procedure?

Even if the study is scheduled for thirty minutes but only takes twenty minutes, the difference can add multiple more exams per day, significantly increasing the volume per month.

Maintaining Proper Schedules

Another way to utilize the radiologist team further is to dedicate staff to ensure each slot gets used, and if a patient cancels, another patient can take that time point. Hence, the radiologist has a full schedule for each day, leaving no opportunity unused. This point person can also ensure the order is correct, send out reminders…