| Improving medical imaging report turnaround times: the role of technolgy. | |
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PMID: 15898577 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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At Southern Ohio Medical Center (SOMC), the medical imaging department and the radiologists expressed a strong desire to improve workflow. The improved workflow was a major motivating factor toward implementing a new RIS and speech recognition technology. The need to monitor workflow in a real-time fashion and to evaluate productivity and resources necessitated that a new solution be found. A decision was made to roll out both the new RIS product and speech recognition to maximize the resources to interface and implement the new solution. Prior to implementation of the new RIS, the medical imaging department operated in a conventional electronic-order-entry to paper request manner. The paper request followed the study through exam completion to the radiologist. SOMC entered into a contract with its PACS vendor to participate in beta testing and clinical trials for a new RIS product for the US market. Backup plans were created in the event the product failed to function as planned--either during the beta testing period or during clinical trails. The last piece of the technology puzzle to improve report turnaround time was voice recognition technology. Speech recognition enhanced the RIS technology as soon as it was implemented. The results show that the project has been a success. The new RIS, combined with speech recognition and the PACS, makes for a very effective solution to patient, exam, and results management in the medical imaging department. |
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Authors:
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Luis O Marquez; Howard Stewart |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Radiology management Volume: 27 ISSN: 0198-7097 ISO Abbreviation: Radiol Manage Publication Date: 2005 Mar-Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-05-18 Completed Date: 2005-06-16 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8001971 Medline TA: Radiol Manage Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 26-31 Citation Subset: H |
Affiliation:
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Medical Imaging, Southern Ohio Medical Center, Portsmouth, OH, USA. marquezl@somc.org |
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Contract Services Efficiency, Organizational* Ohio Organizational Case Studies Radiology Department, Hospital / organization & administration* Radiology Information Systems / organization & administration* |
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