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Crisis Management: Lessons Learned for Radiology Administrators

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A director shares her experiences in surviving – and thriving – through crises. By Carmen Geerlings, MBA, RT(R) (ARRT), Director of Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, Raleigh Radiology. Potential crises seem to be waiting perpetually in the wings for radiology administrators and our facilities. Sources of crises can

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Responding to a Ransomware Attack in Radiology

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By Dr. Niall Sheehy, MB, MRCP, FFR RCSI, St James's Hospital -Trinity College Dublin. Imagine that your radiology department has no access to your PACS, your RIS, or even email. How would you create and distribute reports? How would you archive images? This is the distressing

4 Strategies to Reduce Reporting Errors in Radiology

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Recommendations from the President of the European Society of Radiology. By: Prof. Adrian Brady, President of the European Society of Radiology; and consultant radiologist from Mercy University Hospital in Cork, Ireland. Reporting errors happen in radiology. Certainly they are not intentional, and many have little or no consequence

Open Disclosure in Radiology

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Six recommendations to foster reporting of safety incidents in radiology. By Professor Louise Rainford, Associate Dean of Radiography, UCD Dublin. Mistakes happen in radiology – just as mistakes happen in all professions. Some safety incidents have significant consequences; others no significance at all. In fact, the majority

HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital’s Award-Winning Process Improvements in Healthcare

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Standardized approach is essential to lasting outcomes and value. By Michael A. Janis, Executive Director of Outpatient and Ancillary Services and previous Interim President and CEO, HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital. The need to improve performance throughout your healthcare facility has never been greater. Patients are rating

Responding to a Cyberattack on Radiology

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Understand the impact of a cyberattack – and how to respond. By Trevor Weyland, Director, Gallagher National Cyber Practice. Radiology departments and practices – like all healthcare organizations – are attractive targets for a cyberattack. In the unfortunate event that your facility has a cyberattack on radiology,

Neonatal Fluoroscopic Imaging at the Bedside

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Children’s hospital pilots bedside fluoroscopy imaging in the neonatal intensive care unit. By Mark C. Liszewski, MD, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. Portable radiography and sonography are mainstays of initial diagnostic assessment in critically ill patients. However, there are many situations in which they cannot provide the information

Resuming Routine Radiology Care During COVID-19

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Strategies for providing inpatient and outpatient imaging under new and challenging conditions. The persistence of the COVID-19 virus is requiring many imaging providers to adjust operations in order to resume routine radiology care as well as attend to patients infected with COVID-19. Everything Rad asked several imaging

Deploying Mobile X-ray Vehicles to COVID-19 Frontlines

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NHG Diagnostics overcomes pandemic challenges to provide timely imaging diagnosis at community care facilities. By Chong Chun Meng, Principal Radiographer; and Damien Li, Senior Radiographer; National Healthcare Group Diagnostics. Like other countries around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced a dramatic shift in the way healthcare

Radiology’s Role in the Patient Experience

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Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s initiative to measure the patient experience in radiology. Editor’s Note: Today’s blog is one of a series about the patient experience in radiology. Earlier we shared 2 blogs by Dr. Cheryl Turner on root causes of adverse patient experiences in radiology. Be sure