Case Study
Community Hospital Significantly Improves Turnaround Times for Trauma Cases with vRad’s Patent-Pending Trauma Protocol for Imaging
Community Hospital Significantly Improves Turnaround Times for Trauma Cases with vRad’s Patent-Pending Trauma Protocol for Imaging
COXHEALTH PARTNERS WITH vRAD CASE STUDY Department Challenge: Improve Workflow and Turnaround Times for Trauma Cases CoxHealth must maintain certain response times to treat victims of physical trauma, including the prompt availability of specialty care that includes radiology services, according to the American Trauma Society. 1 “Our original response times were appropriate and within guidelines, but there is always room to improve,” said Laura Murney, M.Ed., BS, RT(R), Assistant Administrative Director of Radiology Services at CoxHealth. “This is regular feedback we receive from the ED. The more information you have and the quicker you have it, the better decisions you can make for the patient.” Solution: New Urgency Level for Trauma Cases with Patent-Pending Study “Unbundling