Radiology Services

Radiology services

Radiology is a branch of science which deals with the study and application of imaging technology in treatment and diagnosis of diseases. Radiology service have improved tremendously in recent past years with the development of new technology and instruments which can easily detect patient diseases. Following are popular radiology services:

Computed Tomography: In this technique  x-ray is used along with rotating detector and computer device to create a cross sectional view of anatomy.
Mammogram: In this technique low intensity x-rays are used to detect the presence of cancer in patient’s breast.

Ultrasound: In this technique high frequency sound (sound having frequency greater than 20MHz) is used to develop a image of patient’s organ and tissues.

Nuclear medicine: In this technique a controlled amount of radioactive material is put inside the patient’s via medicine. By various property of radioactivity information are collected about patient’s body organ.

Now days many online radiology services are available which are provided by radiology providers which help in maintaining patient information, create and issue various radiology reports, maintain digital images of patient and keep track of patient’s billing information.
Advantages of online radiology services are as follow:

Save resources
Online radiology service reduce patient’s precious time by submitting the request of patient’s tests online. Once the request of the particular test is forwarded online it will come in the active list of patients. From active list of patients, technician will fix the appointment with the patient for the test. If the patient is not available at the particular date of appointment then his/her name will be forwarded to the next schedule list.

Cost saving
Online radiology services are cost saving as it reduces the cost of report production. Patient can control the process by selecting his/her own radiologist. The radiologist can login to the website and take a review of the patient digital report available on the net. From the net, radiologist can collect detailed information about the patient like his/her disease history, earlier diagnosis and can easily dictate findings. Here there is also facility of generating the report by drop down menu. Moreover all the abnormal reports of the patients are put by the radiologist in the data box

Easy and accurate billing
The major advantage of online radiology service is error free and accurate billing. Here billings are based on the login information of staff and of patients. At the beginning of each month monthly reports are generated which are available online.