Only Web-based Will Do
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| Mary C. Tierney, Editorial Director |
Being an imaging leader—and attracting the attention of patients and referring physicians—means coupling state-of-the-art digital imaging systems with progressive IT systems to manage large image datasets, service radiologists and multi-specialty providers with excellent tools to quickly interpret and create informative reports, and speed them via the Web to referring physicians to facilitate patient-care decisions. Web access is key to flexibility for anytime, anywhere availability, as well as effective practice administration. Like physicians need images and reports to care for their patients, administrators must track business metrics to monitor productivity and efficiency.
Throughout these pages, you’ll see how Web-based solutions can scale for the large or community-based medical center, as well as the imaging centers they spawn and serve; boost operational and bottom-line efficiencies in the imaging center; offer flexibility in templating and tools for specialists in orthopedics and neuroradiology; and enable a teleradiology practice to scale and integrate on a common platform—and support about 40 percent growth this year! We hope they get you thinking.
Mary C. Tierney, MS, Vice President & Chief Content Officer, TriMed Media Group
Mary joined TriMed Media in 2003. She was the founding editor and editorial director of Health Imaging, Cardiovascular Business, Molecular Imaging Insight and CMIO, now known as Clinical Innovation + Technology. Prior to TriMed, Mary was the editorial director of HealthTech Publishing Company, where she had worked since 1991. While there, she oversaw four magazines and related online media, and piloted the launch of two magazines and websites. Mary holds a master’s in journalism from Syracuse University. She lives in East Greenwich, R.I., and when not working, she is usually running around after her family, taking photos or cooking.