SCH partnership with Radiology Partners cutting imaging turnaround times

Barely more than 2 months ago, Stephens County Hospital announced 

At the Hospital’s first annual Banquet, hospital CEO Van Loskoski announced that Stephens COunty Hospital would be working with national radiology practice Radiology Partners, who were slated to begin managing all of the hospital’s imaging services later that month.

SCH imaging services include Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Breast Imaging, Digital Mammography, generic and vascular/cardiac ultrasounds, Computerized Axial Tomography (CT Scans) and more.

At this week’s Stephens County Hospital Authority meeting, Loskoski updates board members on the progress of the shift to Radiology partners, emphasizing the reduction in turnaround time for imaging.

WNEG News sat down with Loskoski later in the week to get a more detailed overview of the changes in imaging services under the partnership with Radiology Partners.

He explained the partnership and talked briefly about the choice of Radiology Partners

He add that the feedback from patients and referring physicians in the past expressed concern about that turnaround time

Since the onboarding of Radiology Partners, he said the results are very promising

He said the impact is more than just in efficiency, that it plays a large part in the patient experience, which is a high priority for the hospital

He said it was a large task to onboard the partnership

One aspect of the new radiology partnership is an increased involvement of Artificial Intelligence in the process, Loskoski explained

WNEG News will be following up in the coming days with a report on Stephens County Hospital’s changes in its cardiology services.