If a picture is worth a thousand words, an image with a little narration is worth much more—especially to your referrers. Last year at RSNA, Greg Rose, MD, President and CEO of NightRays teleradiology service, excitedly showed me an easy-to-use tool that combines a PACS workstation’s diagnostic images, the cursor movement and the radiologist’s dictation into an mpeg file for referring physicians and their patients. Check out Rose’s intro to VidRay and the first VidRays archived on the Radiology Today Web site.

Eduard Michel, MD, PhD, is chief medical officer and co-founder of telerad provider Virtual Radiologic Corporation (VRC). Besides providing quality interpretation, VRC’s success depends on radiologist efficiency. The company has developed its own systems and procedures for improving workflow efficiency. Michel discussed eight pitfalls to workflow efficiency in a digital radiology environment Tuesday at the AHRA annual meeting. Smaller groups and facilities might not have the resources and expertise at their immediate disposal to implement all of Michel’s suggestions, but his pitfalls list still represents eight areas to investigate for organizations seeking to improve their workflow. Here’s Michel’s list of pitfalls to reading efficiency: Read the rest of this entry »