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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched an effort to advance research on whole-person health and create an integrated knowledge network of healthy physiological function. Whole person health involves looking at the whole person – not just separate organs or body systems – and considering multiple factors that promote health. For example, a multicomponent lifestyle intervention including healthy diet, physical activity and stress management may improve multiple and interconnected aspects of health including cardiovascular (e.g. blood pressure), metabolic (e.g. glucose metabolism) and musculoskeletal function (e.g. muscle strength).
Before you even meet the veteran technologist on your team, they’ve likely already navigated three job moves, two deployments, and a dozen sleepless nights wondering if their spouse is coming home. They show up on time, stay late and never make excuses. Not because life has been easy – but because they’ve had to make hard things look easy for years.
Administrators and imaging managers are familiar with the ever-present need to assess and improve the quality of care provided to patients. Diagnostic imaging is particularly prone to human factors that can lead to variations from image acquisition to reporting. When armed with Quality Improvement (QI) data, managers are empowered to actively seek out and implement changes that can lead to continuous improvement. The ability to identify specific areas for improvement, understand the impact of current processes and make data-driven decisions ultimately results in better patient outcomes.
Earlier this year, GE HealthCare reported on “How Consumerism is Transforming MRI Departments.”
ICE Magazine gathered insights from radiology directors and imaging leaders for a roundtable article focused on the patient experience in imaging. Insiders were able to share their thoughts regarding patient experience to highlight strategies, successes and challenges across the industry.
As a self-proclaimed “geek,” Karen Mihalic, RT (R), (M), ARRT, serves as the director of imaging/admin team member for WVU Medicine Barnesville Hospital and WVU Medicine Harrison Community Hospital. However, the word “geek” can have negative connotations. She is more of a cool intellectual with a knack for critical thinking that empowers her to bring top-tier diagnostic imaging to the rural community the WVU Health System serves.
Traditional breast cancer imaging is faced with critical screening and diagnostic challenges – from workflow bottlenecks and reading inconsistencies to clinician burnout and patient accessibility. The stage is set for desperately needed innovation to propel us into the future of breast cancer care.
The Sidekick represents a significant advancement in medical imaging technology as the industry’s first remote-controlled mobile panel positioning system.
The IAC is a nonprofit organization in operation to evaluate and accredit facilities that provide diagnostic imaging, therapeutic and interventional procedures, thus improving the quality of patient care provided in private offices, clinics and hospitals where such services are performed.
