title: Clinical management. Where medicine meets management. Those who scan.
abstract: Because of a national shortage of radiologists, sonographers in one trust are performing 95 per cent of ultrasound scans. Using a team approach and flexible working, waiting lists have gone down from 20-24 weeks to four to six weeks for most procedures. The model could be applied to other radiology departments.
authors.affiliation: ann.dix@emap.com
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dix
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006113:United Kingdom; D014850:Waiting Lists; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload