As a responsible physician, you may worry about the potential effects of giving your patients electronic access to their medical images. However, many of these fears aren’t justified by the facts. If you’re worried about the dangers of giving your patients access to their medical images, the following may help to put your mind at ease.
Let’s take a look at the risks and benefits of sharing medical images with patients:
Savvy patients are demanding access to their medical information. They know that capturing this information at the point of treatment will save them time and aggravation should they need it in the future. This is more comprehensive than a simple collection of their medical history. They want copies of their radiology reports, pathology reports, diagnoses, prescriptions, electronic health records, and, of course, their medical imaging.
Your delivery of this information will impact your patients’ satisfaction, as well as your budget. How are you delivering your patients images today, and how can you improve this process? We have an answer for you.
Smartphones are modernizing the traditional medical imaging practice. Patients no longer leave their appointment carrying a CD, which will inevitably be lost or forgotten by the time they need it for their next appointment. Now, they simply login to their secure online portal and pull up their image whenever and wherever it's needed. For providers who are considering adopting this new method of imaging delivery, we have some thoughts for you.
The first physician recommended a mastectomy. The second physician disagreed, saying a simple lumpectomy would be sufficient. The third opinion saved Jenyse White’s life. Take it from this breast cancer survivor: getting a second opinion, and even a third, is critical when facing any cancer diagnosis.
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Clinical trials are a critical part of the development of medicine and treatments. In the United States, there are just under 400,000 clinical trials in progress at the time of this writing. However the clinical trial market is becoming increasingly saturated, with a smaller participant pool to recruit from. This causes many to cancel clinical trials before they even start, which can lead to a loss of money and time invested. So, how can you keep your clinical trial on track to ensure efficiency throughout?
In order to develop an efficient clinical trial, or make your current clinical trial more effective, you will need to consider the important steps necessary to execute the trial. We're going to take it back to the basics and cover some basic steps that are important for any clinical trial and discuss the ways in which those steps can be executed with supporting technology.
