title: Direct radiography can boost radiology productivity, cut costs.
abstract: Direct radiography causing a stir among health care providers in the know--and here's why. Aside from the high praise radiologists are bestowing on the quality of the newly approved technology, direct radiology is proven to slash the enormous costs of buying, storing, and working with traditional X-ray film. Plus, it makes sense in the era of integration of provider organizations. Here are the details on a recent study conducted at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006770:Hospitals, Group Practice / Q000191:economics; D009820:Ohio; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D013679:Technology, Radiologic / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends; D017748:Time Management