Dr. Shriram Varadharajan, Consultant Neuroradiologist (Neuroimaging & Stroke) Awareness of stroke and immediate arrival to the hospital plays a major role in its treatment and recovery. Unlike acute coronary syndrome (ACS – heart attack) where pain plays a prominent role in patients presenting early, stroke patients ignore the negative signs such as sudden onset weakness or numbness. Often minor stroke or TIA (transient ischemic attack) serves as a warning for subsequent major stroke (CVA – cerebrovascular accident). Stroke patients need to complete timely evaluation with various imaging tools. Treatment decisions in acute stroke require ultrafast imaging. It should be performed immediately after clinical triage and emergency stabilization of the patient. Imaging starts with the very basic question of differentiating Ischemic (clot in the vessels supplying the brain) from Hemorrhagic stroke (bleed) using a simple plain CT scan. Ischemic stroke patients may be given an injecti...

“ Quality is the extent to which the right procedure is done in the right way at the right time, and the correct interpretation is accurately and quickly communicated to the patient and referring physician .” Hillman et al Teleradiology   is playing a crucial role in delivering patient care with its prompt and quality service. The quality of radiological reporting depends on multiple parameters apart from the internal review and external feedback system like Communication between the reporting radiologists and referring physician for better understanding of the case PACS and workflow management Operational team (CTC) Access to reporting tele-radiologist for clarification / discussion The Internal Parameters   can be listed as – 1. Internal Quality Assurance Team sets up an auditing system involving methodology on random review of the reports and peer reviews at regular intervals. The key performance indicators (KPIs) are prepared by the team in alignment w...

The ever-evolving medical world keeps bringing out solutions to the challenges posed by the fast pace populace.   Radiology   is keeping pace with modernity and has very well integrated technology and telecommunication to formulate a remote mode of extending services –   Teleradiology . Today, Teleradiology has enabled the clinician in providing the best of patient care and saving lives and thus becoming an indispensable healthcare service. Teleradiology supports the clinicians/hospitals/healthcare service providers with many solutions, compensating the shortage of radiologists and reporting for all imaging modalities – X-Ray, Ultrasound scan, CT scan, MRI Scan, PET scan, Nuclear Medicine, Interventional imaging. 1.   Round-the-clock Reporting service   supports the healthcare service providers with   radiology services   round the clock for all days irrespective of no. of radiologists on-site or subspecialty reporting requirement. The defined rep...