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rdf:type	pubmed:Citation
lifeskim:mentions	umls-concept:C0033269, umls-concept:C0038951, umls-concept:C0039421, umls-concept:C0260282, umls-concept:C0936012, umls-concept:C1419736, umls-concept:C1839330, umls-concept:C1883674, umls-concept:C2004491
pubmed:issue	3
pubmed:dateCreated	2003-2-27
pubmed:abstractText	As medical reimbursements continue to decline, increasing financial pressures are placed upon medical imaging providers. This burden is exacerbated by the existing radiologic technologist (RT) crisis, which has caused RT salaries to trend upward. One strategy to address these trends is employing technology to improve technologist productivity. While industry-wide RT productivity benchmarks have been established for film-based operation, little to date has been published in the medical literature regarding similar productivity measures for filmless operation using PACS. This study was undertaken to document the complex relationship between technologist productivity and implementation of digital radiography and digital information technologies, including PACS and hospital/radiology information systems (HIS/RIS). A nationwide survey was conducted with 112 participating institutions, in varying degrees of digital technology implementation. Technologist productivity was defined as the number of annual exams performed per technologist full-time equivalent (FTE). Productivity analyses were performed among the different demographic and technology profile groups, with a focus on general radiography, which accounts for 65-70% of imaging department volumes. When evaluating the relationship between technologist productivity and digital technology implementation, improved productivity measures were observed for institutions implementing HIS/RIS, modality worklist, and PACS. The timing of PACS implementation was found to have a significant effect on technologist productivity measures, with an initial 10.8% drop in productivity during the first year of PACS implementation, followed by a 27.8% increase in productivity beyond year one. This suggests there is a "PACS learning curve" phenomenon, which should be considered when institutions are planning for PACS implementation.
pubmed:language	eng
pubmed:journal	http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/journal/9100529
pubmed:citationSubset	IM
pubmed:status	MEDLINE
pubmed:month	Sep
pubmed:issn	0897-1889
pubmed:author	pubmed-author:CarrinoJohn AJA, pubmed-author:GoldburghMitchell MMM, pubmed-author:ReinerBruce IBI, pubmed-author:SiegelEliot LEL
pubmed:issnType	Print
pubmed:volume	15
pubmed:owner	NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete	Y
pubmed:pagination	132-40
pubmed:dateRevised	2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading	pubmed-meshheading:12481227-Data Collection, pubmed-meshheading:12481227-Efficiency, Organizational, pubmed-meshheading:12481227-Hospital Information Systems, pubmed-meshheading:12481227-Radiology Department, Hospital, pubmed-meshheading:12481227-Radiology Information Systems
pubmed:year	2002
pubmed:articleTitle	SCAR Radiologic Technologist Survey: analysis of the impact of digital technologies on productivity.
pubmed:affiliation	Department of Radiology, Veterans Affairs Maryland Healthcare System, Baltimore, MD, USA.
pubmed:publicationType	Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't