Module 04 Project – Technology for Healthcare Delivery
This week you will be creating the body of the paper. Your paper should include the following items:
5-7 pages that explain how technology has been used to improve healthcare delivery and information management within the focus area you selected in Module 01. (radiology)
Incorporate at least 3-5 resources to add to and back up your statements.
Follows APA formatting and standard mechanics in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Include in-text citations and your reference list.
I have attached the previous assignments to build off.
Topic Introduction
Brooklyn Maasch
Rasmussen College
08/23/2020
For as long as I can remember, I wanted to work in a hospital. However, I could never figure out which role exactly it was that I wanted to play in that hospital. When I was a freshman in high school, I hurt my knee in a golf meet. I played it off for weeks, thinking that it wasnt actually as bad as it felt, until I couldnt walk more than a block without my knee becoming the size of a softball. When I finally decided to go to the doctor, they took some scans. It was then that I became interested in Radiology. From then on, I had a fascination with scans of the body. Weather it be x rays, CAT scans, MRIs, I wanted to do them. I couldnt tell you quite what it was, but I knew I found it interesting. When I was a junior, I took a day off school and job shadowed my local hospital, focusing mainly on the radiology department. I loved every single second of the day, but I knew something was off. To this day, I could never put my finger on what didnt feel right about it, but I never pursued that career.
It is for that reason that I have chosen to focus on the area of Radiology for my project. I may never be able to figure out the exact reason that I couldnt commit to going to school for Radiology, but Im hoping this project will give me some sort of comfort in still getting to research about it and learn more about it. I often wonder where I would be in life if I had taken that path of Radiology, but everything happens for a reason, that I believe in. And I am loving what I am going to school for now, which is Healthcare Management. I have always loved the office setting, and Im glad I will still get to do what I love while helping people as much as I can in the process. Running Head: RADIOLOGY 1
Radiology.
Brooklyn Maasch
Rasmussen College
08/29/2020
Introduction
Radiology is a respect of medicine that utilizes imaging technology in performing diagnosis as well as treating of a number of illness. It is subdivided into a two distinct areas, which are intervention radiology and diagnostic radiology. With globalization, technology has become an essential part of medicine. In radiology, technology has been used in areas such as X-rays, Computer tomography, Magnetic reasoning imaging (MRI), Ultrasound and Positron emission tomography (PET imaging), Mammography among others. (MedlinePlus n.d).
Use of Technology in healthcare delivery and information management (Radiology)
Reduced Medical Error: Such technology as the MRI machines. These have been used in treating and determining the size and location of the tumour, which enables for a radiation dose. This has helped reduced errors in radiation treatment and have permitted for a reduction in planned volume of tissues treated and hence reducing total radiation dose that is administered to a given normal tissue.
Effective Communication: Information technology has improved communication between radiologists with patients and clinicians. This has facilitated a direct communication between patients and assigned radiologists. IT on the other hand have enabled patients to communicate radiologists whenever they need explanation of findings. This has created greater awareness of the essential role of radiologists.
Increase In-patient Cantered Care: With the use of internet portals, access to varied services can be achieved like video consulting on radiography services, appointment scheduling, monitoring of crucial functions and giving opinions/advice. Similarly, radiologists can give patients medical results such as radiological images and reports. These innovations are creating a leeway into great patient care. This implies that patients can be involved in the management of their individual health processes. This can transform how the radiological services are conducted. (Shaw, (2009).
Risks of using Technology in Radiology.
With increased technology, information security of patient data is another major concern. Many of the internet protocols containing patient information are vulnerable to malicious acts by attackers. The application used to communicate between radiologist and patients and other clinicians have been subject to risks where patient data have been misused. Therefore, it is important that technologies used to communicate and administer treatment to patient should never compromise patient data to hands of people with malicious intentions. (Donoso-Bach, & Boland, G, 2018).
References
Shaw, A. (2009).Radiology. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
National Health Informatics Conference, In Grain, H., & In Schaper, L. K. (2013).Health informatics: Digital health service delivery, the future is now! : selected papers from the 21st Australian National Health Informatics Conference (HIC 2013).
In Donoso-Bach, L., & In Boland, G. W. L. (2018).Quality and safety in imaging. 2
Radiology
Brooklyn Maasch
Rasmussen College
09/02/2020
Radiology
According to Dahnert (2017), radiology is a discipline in the medical field that depended on medical images for diagnosing and treating diseases on beings bodies. Radiology comprises of two major areas. The first area in the diagnostic radiology helps the health physicians view the inside structure of the human and animal bodies. The second is interventional radiology. This provides a guiding procedure to the doctors through the use of imaging such as ultrasound and Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In the modern era, radiology has become a vital part of advancing technology. In the medical field, radiology is used in x-rays, MRIs, ultrasounds, and PET imaging.
There are quite a number of reasons why radiology technology is essential to the medical field. The first advantage of radiology helps the doctors by giving the root cause of the disease. It becomes easy for the doctors to spot the problem or the affected area through the diagnostic images as they provide them with detailed info about the disease and structural changes within the body. Radiology is also important as it eliminates the need for surgery as the physicians can view the inside of the body organs via the imaging. Additionally, radiology helps in the reduction of hospital and surgery expenses. Radiology helps in the reduction of medical errors. The MRI helps in the identification of the location and size of tumors and their treatment in the body. Lastly, radiology is essential in the provision of improving care for patients, through the provision of medical reports to the doctors and patients that enlightened on the best prescription and individual care to be administered, respectively (Gunderman (2005).
In my paper, I will be focusing on the risks associated with radiology. Despite the numerous advantages, radiology has dire effects on the patients health. Some of the side effects of radiology include; skin problems, fatigue, hair loss, lymphedema, change in menstruation for women, erectile dysfunction, and low sperm count in men (McBeth & Oakes, 1996). In addition, I will explore ways to reduce the effects of the side effects of radiology.
References
Dahnert, W. F. (2017).Radiology review manual. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Gunderman, R. B. (2005). The medical communitys changing vision of the patient: the importance of radiology.Radiology,234(2), 339-342.
McBeth, M. K., & Oakes, A. S. (1996). Citizen perceptions of risks associated with moving radiological waste.Risk Analysis,16(3), 421-427.
