I work as a radiographer in a central hospital. Our radiography department is open 24/7 and we do x-ray, ultrasound, angiography, MRI, CT, dental, mammography and isotope examinations on our department. I have been working as a radiographer for a little over 10 years and my specialty skills are in computed tomography examinations (CT) where I am one of the radiographers that oversee CT operations.
As a radiographer we use multiple various kinds of digital tools. When we do examinations to our patients there must be a place where we store the collected data or pictures from our patients, we call it the PACS which is Picture Archiving and Communication Systems. PACS is a digital imaging technology that allows us to store, retrieve, and distribute medical images electronically. It streamlines the image management process, enabling us to access patient images quickly and securely from any location within the healthcare facility or remotely.
We must have a digital system that communicates with our digital imaging equipment. This is what we call the RIS (Radiography Information Systems). RIS is a software application used to manage radiology workflows and patient information. It helps radiographers schedule appointments, track imaging procedures, and organize patient data, streamlining administrative tasks and improving workflow efficiency.
Also, we must have access to patient records to review patient data, coordinate imaging procedures, and communicate with other healthcare professionals involved in patient care. That is why we use Electronic Health Record (EHR) Systems. EHR systems contain comprehensive patient health information, including medical history, diagnostic test results, and treatment plans.
For different kind of communication, we use Teams, e-mail and WhatsApp.
Monday and Trello are a project management tools that I could see useful for our department. There we could organize our tasks, schedules and projects related to our work, for example equipment maintenance and image quality assurance.
“Open Badges are created and issued to recognise competencies, skills, achievements or attitudes of their recipients.” With the help of Open Badges, we could recognize and validate the skills certifications, and competencies of our co-workers, enhancing their professional development and career advancement opportunities. (https://openbadgefactory.com/en/about-open-badges/)
With iAuditor you could conduct inspections, flag issues and resolve problems together with your co-workers. iAuditor is a mobile-first application that allows you to digitize all the elements of your operations. As an inspection management software, SafetyCulture lets your team capture consistent data, identify areas of improvement, share reports and collaborate across working teams – all from one easy-to-use app. (https://safetyculture.com/iauditor/)
Todoist is a task management app that helps users organize and prioritize their to-do lists. This would come in handy for some job stations on our department.
The use of social media tools is a bit tricky on our field because of the safety aspects. But for some cases they could come in handy, for example in projects which are done in a group you could organize task, communicate with each other, and see how the have progressed. In radiography quality assurance is mandatory and tasks related to that could be organized in for example todoist. The elements of successful use of digital applications involves several elements but I would see that the key elements would be user-friendly interface, security and privacy and reliability and performance.
There are many social media tools that could be handy to use and would make working more efficient. Now days it is hard to get people excited in something new because they are afraid and full of new things in health care. There are also big issues with the safety of these kinds of tools that would have to be assessed closely.
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