PMID- 10143135
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19950726
LR  - 20181130
IS  - 0198-7097 (Print)
IS  - 0198-7097 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 2
DP  - 1995 Spring
TI  - Scheduling: if your RIS cannot, perhaps your HIS can.
PG  - 35-41
AB  - As the services radiology departments provide have proliferated--new modalities, 
      additional procedures--the scheduling process has become more complex. Radiology 
      departments have been criticized by referring physicians and their staff for 
      difficulties they encounter when scheduling patients for procedures. In light of 
      managed care and increased competition for outpatient services, scheduling 
      systems should be designed with the referring physician's office as the prime 
      customer. Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has devised a 
      collaborative, hospital-wide system for scheduling. The same system is used by 
      The Vanderbilt Clinics, which refer a significant number of outpatient procedures 
      to VUMC. The radiology department has tailored the system to its technical 
      requirements, and clinic staff members can access the system directly to schedule 
      patient appointments. Minor adjustments were made during implementation of the 
      process. Now, appointments are made efficiently by the clinic staff, and other 
      systems, such as the film library, are benefiting from better information and 
      organization. VUMC has changed the scheduling process of the radiology department 
      to reach the customers who actually promote the radiology practice. Communication 
      between the department and the clinics has improved and a spirit of teamwork is 
      growing.
FAU - Rowe, W M
AU  - Rowe WM
AD  - Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
FAU - Moffitt, M E
AU  - Moffitt ME
FAU - Bunnell, W J
AU  - Bunnell WJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Radiol Manage
JT  - Radiology management
JID - 8001971
MH  - *Appointments and Schedules
MH  - Consumer Behavior
MH  - Cost-Benefit Analysis
MH  - Efficiency, Organizational
MH  - *Hospital Information Systems
MH  - Hospitals, University
MH  - Radiology Department, Hospital/*organization & administration/statistics & 
      numerical data
MH  - Radiology Information Systems
MH  - Tennessee
EDAT- 1996/01/03 00:00
MHDA- 1996/01/03 00:01
CRDT- 1996/01/03 00:00
PHST- 1996/01/03 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/01/03 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/01/03 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Radiol Manage. 1995 Spring;17(2):35-41.