The ever-evolving medical world keeps bringing out solutions to the challenges posed by the fast pace populace. Radiology is keeping pace with modernity and has very well integrated technology and telecommunication to formulate a remote mode of extending services – Teleradiology.
Today, Teleradiology has enabled the clinician in providing the best of patient care and saving lives and thus becoming an indispensable healthcare service. Teleradiology supports the clinicians/hospitals/healthcare service providers with many solutions, compensating the shortage of radiologists and reporting for all imaging modalities – X-Ray, Ultrasound scan, CT scan, MRI Scan, PET scan, Nuclear Medicine, Interventional imaging.
1. Round-the-clock Reporting service supports the healthcare service providers with radiology services round the clock for all days irrespective of no. of radiologists on-site or subspecialty reporting requirement.
The defined reporting TAT ensures a quick TAT of as early as 30 to 60 minutes for all modalities of imaging both in cases of emergency and regular cases. In this competitive and fast-paced environment, Teleradiology enables hospitals from remotest places to small or mid-size hospitals to provide patient care effectively irrespective of time.
2. Nighthawk Reporting services works out as an ideal option for many healthcare service providers who cannot afford to recruit a radiologist beyond regular working hours and get benefitted from after-hour radiology services.
Nighthawk reporting allows the radiology department to exhibit its duty of quality reporting without any delay. This late-night radiology coverage empowers the hospitals in extending patient care to a high level with better outcomes, and in a bigger perspective improves the face-value and bottom-line score of Hospitals.
3. Subspecialty Reporting services helps in identifying the subspecialty pathologies apart from identifying the common findings, normal variants quickly. The accuracy of reporting and detailed interpretation of the images (expertise in particular anatomy or type of reports/modality) improves the prognosis by facilitating the early diagnosis and proper treatment planning. Subspecialty reporting adds value eliminating the need for a second opinion; and improves the productivity and reporting TATs also.
Subspecialty reporting can be categorized into the following specialty –
- Thoracic Imaging
- Breast Imaging
- Cardiac Imaging
- Abdominal Imaging
- Musculoskeletal Imaging
- Neuroradiology
- Neuro-interventional Radiology
- Vascular Interventional Radiology
- Emergency Radiology
- Pediatric Radiology
- Nuclear Medicine
4. Emergency Reporting services ensures the early intervention and initiation of required action for emergency case. The involvement of expert radiologists reduces the TAT duration and contributes to the immediate diagnosis of acute conditions and patient care.
5. Weekend / Holiday Reporting services ensure the regular radiologists are able to utilize their break productively and return to the job energized without any of the radiology reporting being stalked/trailed at the health center.
6. Second Opinion Reporting service is access to expertise for getting detailed imaging reports to facilitate a better understanding of the situation or decide on the course of treatment or to understand the progression of disease or treatment outcome. Experts are able to contribute through their experience and make a value-added difference to disease management/treatment.
7. Access to Radiology by healthcare centers present at geographically challenged areas either by altitude or distance. Primary or secondary healthcare centers have benefited from teleradiology which diminished the need for on-site radiologists and have benefitted from subspecialty reporting too. This has improved patient care services through quality and timing.
Benefits of Teleradiology reporting:
· Availability of radiology services round the clock (24 x 7 x 365) including night-time and on weekends/holidays
· Access to subspecialty radiologist’s reporting
· No backlog/delay in imaging reports delivery (improved TAT)
· High-quality patient care without delay
· Reports checked by more than one radiologist (preliminary/final reads)
· Better time management of radiologists due to login enabled cloud-based system (saves on commuting)
· Software enabled workflow helps in timely delivery of reports
Cloudex Radiology Solutions offers a plethora of Teleradiology Services:
The team of experienced, expert and qualified radiologists at Cloudex’s panel extend teleradiology services encompassing all type of reporting services to fulfill the growing demand of radiology services of health providers by defying the distances and time zone. The quick TAT, accuracy, standardized report protocol, coordination network between the reporting radiologists, clinician/surgeon/technician, and administrator contributes to the delivery of services benefitting the hospital and patient.
At Cloudex, we support you to have that winning edge.
