Hancock Medical Center - Case Study
Hancock Medical Center, located in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, has served the community's healthcare needs since 1960. The 110-bed Facility provides a wide range of specialty medical services, including cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, obstetrics, and radiology. As patient referrals to a variety of specialists continue to increase, the need for high quality, cost-effective image duplication capabilities has increased dramatically.
Hancock Medical Center`s Radiology Department used a traditional film duplication system to copy patient X-rays for referring physicians. The department, however, identified several drawbacks with the system`s use that led to the adoption of an innovative, new digital film duplication software program—CopyExpress™—developed by VIDAR Systems Corporation and offered by Agfa
HealthCare as part of its DigiCopy™ System.
Film Duplication at Hancock Medical Center
In an effort to reduce the number of X-rays checked out of Hancock Medical Center, administrators adopted a new policy that allowed the department to use copies of films in referral situations. Unfortunately, the existing film duplication system in use at the facility delivered poor image quality and limited the types of X-rays that could be duplicated—especially mammography films, which require high image resolution. In addition, the existing film duplication system could only be operated by trained personnel and required a darkroom for copying, which had limited access.
According to Randy Patterson, director of radiology at Hancock Medical Center, the department`s largest challenge was the backlog of films that needed copying and the negative effect it was having on patient satisfaction. "We have only one darkroom to handle the imaging needs of the entire facility, and it was often unavailable for making copies," Patterson said. "Once the darkroom became available, duplicating films was an ordeal. We had to roll the machine into the room, and then we could only make one copy at a time. The system just wasn`t fast enough, and we were having trouble keeping up with demand."
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