File management in a radiology department.

Is Lean Management implementable in a department of radiology?

OBJECTIVES Due to an increasing demand for more examinations in a non-profitmaking hospital with a fixed budget, Lean Management was introduced in the Department of Radiology in 2006. The process, experience and results are discussed from a management view. METHODS Lean principles were introduced in the department and ways of working were adjusted accordingly. RESULTS Higher productivity an...

Capacity planning for waiting list management at the Radiology department

A comparison of appointment schedules in a hospital radiology department.

There has been a growing awareness in recent years of the need for health administrators to consider the objectives and welfare of both patients and staff when formulating working policy, and, in particular, the widespread introduction of appointment schemes in a wide range of clinics and general practice surgeries has been an important instrument in balancing the time wasted by doctors (in wai...

Risk management in radiology.

Recent US nationwide research on malpractice lawsuits shows that the most common cause of medical malpractice suits against radiologists was error in diagnosis (mainly failure to diagnose instead of delay); the category next in frequency was procedural complications, followed by inadequate communication with either patient or referring physician. Risk management is a fundamental instrument to p...

Speech recognition in the radiology department: a systematic review.

OBJECTIVE To conduct a systematic review of the literature describing the impact of speech recognition systems on report error rates and productivity in radiology departments. METHODS The search was conducted for relevant papers published from January 1992 to October 2013. Comparative studies reporting any of the following outcomes were selected: error rates, departmental productivity, and ra...