Roentgen Memorial Hospital-Consultant to Radiology Services

Main Menu Ch. 5: Data Access and Retention Assignment 2: Roentgen Memorial Hospital-Consultant to Radiology Services Assignment You are the Associate Director of HIM and have been asked by the Manager, Radiology Services to develop a consultation report to address the following concerns. Organize the report in the form of a memo with sections labeled "Background", "Findings" and "Recommendations": SCENARIO The new administrator at Roentgen Memorial Hospital asks the health information manager to assist the manager of radiology to investigate the findings of a recent satisfaction survey of the medical staff. Referring physicians stated that accessing films for comparison studies was their chief concern of service quality. Roentgen Memorial has always prided itself in providing quality radiology services to the community. The hospital is in the process of implementing an electronic health record system that has the capacity to accept images from a radiology PAC system. The following items were found on the first consulting visit: 1. In addition to the current online file, since 2004 previous x- ray films are filed according to a straight numerical method on the basis of a number sequentially assigned within the radiology department. A card file that includes the patient’s name and x-ray file number is maintained in two large cabinets in the file room. Technicians and clerical staff must reference this file to locate the films. A spot check of the