title: Server-based enterprise collaboration software improves safety and quality in high-volume PET/CT practice.
abstract: With increasing volumes of complex imaging cases and rising economic pressure on physician staffing, timely reporting will become progressively challenging. Current and planned iterations of PACS and electronic medical record systems do not offer workflow management tools to coordinate delivery of imaging interpretations with the needs of the patient and ordering physician. The adoption of a server-based enterprise collaboration software system by our Division of Nuclear Medicine has significantly improved our efficiency and quality of service.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas.
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Marcus M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: Jeremy L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hightower
authors.forename: Susan D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: Linda A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Deloney
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003201:Computers; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011786:Quality Control; D012449:Safety; D012984:Software; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: patient safety; practice management; quality assurance