Radiology Reading Room Design

Osha publication 3092 1997.

Radiology reading room design.

Good radiology reading room design should encompass more than ergonomic reading room furniture and seating surfaces. Incorporating good ergonomic practices into medical imaging reading room improvements must extend beyond the furniture and seating surfaces. What are your suggestions for room design. I d like to hear them.

Mammography reading room checklist. Since the inception of pacs almost 20 years ago the medical imaging community has learned a lot about how good reading room design can improve quality of care and customer service both of which enhance the value of radiology siegel says. He believes that reading room optimization is a long overlooked opportunity to reinvent radiology. He oversees 253 full time employees and 31 radiologists while.

Optimization of filmless radiology room design. The reading room environment plays a significant role in diagnostic accuracy. There was a problem with ambient noise and the room was inefficiently designed. Eliot siegel et al june 2000.

Our old radiology reading room was a large open space figure 2. Mammography quality standards act 42 usc 201 262b pub l no. An advanced ergonomically designed reading room enhances diagnostic results and benefits the radiologist s physical well being. The location layout and design of these settings should also incorporate ergonomic principles where possible.

Rick perez has served as the administrative director of winthrop university hospital s department of radiology since 2003. Ergonomic principles should be applied to improvements in the radiology reading room location layout and design as well as furniture as they collectively enable radiology to better meet the demands of patient centered care and value based imaging. Survey results of experienced pacs users. I wanted no barriers to communication and consultation he says.

Acr nema gray scale display function standard 4. When the room was in the design phase and petersen was asked what kind of door he wanted on the reading room he said none.