Teleradiology Systems Tackle Radiologist Shortage Problem

New teleradiology systems address a growing problem in the healthcare industry--the shortage in the number of radiologists to meet increasing demand for diagnostic imaging services. Using proprietary workflow software and a 24/7-staffed operations center, radiologists have provided over 2.2 million diagnostic interpretations in 2008 with a monthly average emergent turnaround time of approximately 17 minutes.

Virtual Radiologic Corp. (Minneapolis, MN, USA) provides teleradiology systems to radiology practices and medical centers. Utilizing market-leading, proprietary workflow technology, Virtual Radiologic physicians perform preliminary and final read interpretations for emergent and non-emergent needs--day or night, 365 days a year. Virtual Radiologic is The Joint-Commission-Certified and its American Board of Radiology-certified radiologists are collectively licensed in all 50 U.S. states.

With Virtual Radiology teleradiology technology, more than 615 customers supporting 1,000 medical facilities rely on the company for preliminary, final, or subspecialty diagnostic reports around-the-clock. Klas (Orem, UT, USA), a market research firm focused on the healthcare industry, has ranked Virtual Radiologic Corp. (Minneapolis, MN, USA) the category leader in the teleradiology services category in its 2008 "Top 20 Best in Klas Awards” report.

"We are proud to achieve the category leader ranking from Klas, particularly since the ranking measures performance based on customer surveys and interviews,” said Sean Casey, chief executive officer of Virtual Radiologic. "The rating validates the success of our efforts to provide clients the highest levels of service and quality patient care
possible.”

Klas is a research firm specializing in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare vendors.

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