17.09.18 By Mark Ayears, Radiology Sales Manager, Change Healthcare The development of an enterprise-wide imaging strategy is now a major priority for senior management within the NHS. As organisations battle to reduce diagnostic waiting times and accelerate patient access to treatment against a backdrop of ever-increasing demand, UK radiology once again finds itself burdened with escalating pressures. Recent figures from the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) show that senior radiologists around the...
03.09.18 Sustainable NHS transformation will depend on unlocking quality and efficiency gains through the cross-site reporting of diagnostic imaging, says David Howard, Change Healthcare (formerly McKesson Imaging & Workflow Solutions). It’s widely accepted that collaboration is fundamental to the sustainability and transformation of NHS services. This is particularly the case in radiology, where a paucity of radiologists and divergent geographical challenges means that cross-site...
06.10.17 David Howard unwraps the solution for a safe, reliable and integrated imaging strategy for NHS hospitals. The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) recently published data revealing that 12% of UK hospitals don’t have an agreed policy for alerting clinicians when x-rays or scans contain critical or urgent findings. Worse still, only 7% of hospital departments surveyed boast an electronic system that not only alerts doctors but also escalates activity and assures it’s actioned. The...
04.07.16 Recently I was at UKRC, the largest radiology tradeshow in the UK, and I had the opportunity to join two McKesson customers at a symposium about transformation driven by quality in imaging. These customers told us how their organisations used strong governance groups, data-driven decision making processes and continuous improvement to improve quality in their imaging workflows across their entire enterprises. While there are differences in geography, the desire for improved quality and...
11.05.16 By Tomer Levy, General Manager, McKesson Workflow and Infrastructure Solutions Perhaps the only thing worse than not enough data is too much data. Clinical staff and hospital leaders are all keenly aware that data is key to improving patient outcomes, increasing departmental performance, and showing radiology’s value in the health system, but it’s not the data itself that leads to the improvements. Rather, it’s the context that elevates data to information. Context turns data...
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