Dear AuntMinnie.com Member,
Is the design of your imaging facility putting the brakes on your staff’s productivity? It might be, according to an article on radiology department throughput and productivity that we’re featuring this week in AuntMinnie’s Imaging Center Digital Community.
Imaging facilities struggling to cope with personnel shortages and surging procedure volume are starting to examine site design and layout as a potential solution for improving throughput, according to the story, by staff writer Shalmali Pal. By conducting an extensive audit of their facility -- and comparing it to centers that have successfully improved their productivity -- radiology administrators can learn important techniques for sweeping away barriers to effective workflow.
For example, some departments have found that locating a CT suite in the emergency department rather than in radiology makes more sense. Other facilities have placed PACS reading rooms in centralized locations, or designed CT suites to give technologists a clear line of sight to patients. Find out what you can do by clicking here.
In other AuntMinnie.com news, our observation of National Radiologic Technology Week continues with a story on career opportunities for RTs in the veterinary medicine field. Contributing writer Deborah R. Dakins takes a look at a field that is making increasing use of sophisticated imaging technology like CT and MRI. But a career in animal imaging might not be for everyone. Learn for yourself about the pros and cons by clicking here.
