Turnaround time (TAT) has become the quality metric most closely watched by emergency-department chiefs and outpatient referrers alike. A March 2025 Radiology study linked sub-60-minute STAT TAT with a 17 % shorter ED length-of-stay and an 8 % reduction in downstream imaging spend. Yet many radiology groups still average 90 minutes or more. In springContinue reading “Cutting STAT Report Turnaround by 30 % — Workflow Hacks for 2025”
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Statewide MRI Protocol Harmonization — Lessons from the 2025 Roll-Out
Variability in abdominal MRI protocols can balloon table time, frustrate referring clinicians, and force patients to return for repeat scans. Until this year, RadNet’s California network faced exactly that problem: 23 scanners from three vendors, 14 different “liver” protocols, and repeat-scan rates creeping above 3 %. In January 2025 Dr. Sidharth “Tony” Handa, MD convenedContinue reading “Statewide MRI Protocol Harmonization — Lessons from the 2025 Roll-Out”