Imaging Workflow Specialist

Emory Healthcare•Atlanta, GA

1d•$24 - $29•Hybrid

About The Position

This role identifies, analyzes, and resolves problems within Radiology reading rooms, ensuring all patient images and information are available for physician review. The specialist will utilize PowerShare and Life Image applications to integrate patient images into the Radiology PACS system, manage reading room protocols, and handle physician requests. Responsibilities include contacting physicians, retrieving information from Powerchart, using PACS for prior studies, checking RIS for prior reports, and ensuring report documentation. The role also oversees radiology quality assurance activities, monitors departmental performance, and ensures studies are readily available on PACS. Additional duties include burning images to CD, assisting with med school lectures, printing reports for conferences, directing record-keeping, and ensuring HIPAA compliance. The specialist will coordinate equipment service needs, assist with training residents, and work with IS to ensure data systems support QA activities. They will also maintain inventory, develop cost containment programs, provide preliminary reports, perform daily equipment checks, and manage the Powerscribe workstation. The role involves using the Picture Archiving System for image retrieval, distribution, CD creation, film digitization, and film printing, as well as auditing patient data. Verification of patient procedures in the Radiology Information System, checking exam status, merging duplicate patient data, verifying schedules, tracking patients, and assisting technologists with data management are also key functions. The specialist will gather data for patients outside Emory Healthcare, communicate operational changes to physicians, seek input for improvements, and communicate potential issues to management. Coordination of workflow and image transfers with other facilities, assisting physicians with image interpretation and documentation, and evaluating data from outside sources are also part of the role. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent.
Three years of experience in radiology department or related healthcare experience preferred.
Knowledge of radiology department workflow and various imaging modalities preferred.
Familiarity with specific radiology information applications.
Basic computer knowledge e.g. the ability to use a keyboard, mouse, and video display terminal to receive, retrieve and/or audit information and data.
Good written/oral and analytical skills required.

Nice To Haves

Three years of experience in radiology department or related healthcare experience.
Knowledge of radiology department workflow and various imaging modalities.
Familiarity with specific radiology information applications.

Responsibilities

Identifies, analyzes, and resolves problems within the Radiology reading rooms.
Ensures all patient images and information are available for physician review.
Utilizes PowerShare and Life Image applications to integrate patient images into the Radiology PACS system.
Covers phones and handles physician requests for all modality reading rooms.
Manages Radiology reading room protocols.
Assists in contacting requesting physicians, obtaining information from Powerchart, utilizing PACS for prior studies, checking RIS for prior reports, and ensuring report documentation.
Oversees and coordinates radiology quality assurance activities governed by the ACR, by establishing quality measures and standards, monitoring departmental performance, and ensuring physician compliance.
Ensures studies are readily available on PACS for physicians.
Burns images to CD.
Assists with med school lectures by finding articles on the internet for physicians.
Prints out reports for physicians for conference.
Directs record-keeping activities by interpreting applicable regulations and establishing filing and auditing procedures.
Remains knowledgeable in regards to HIPAA and departmental policies, and ensures compliance with requirements.
Coordinates equipment service needs utilizing 8-help.
Assists with training of residents on new equipment and applications.
Works with IS to ensure data systems and programs adequately support QA activities.
Ensures technology provides optimal diagnostic information and throughput.
Maintains inventory within the department to ensure supplies are available and resources are used appropriately.
Develops, implements, and evaluates cost containment programs for consumable supplies and equipment.
Utilizes applications to provide requesting physicians with a preliminary report and associate and correct reports on patients.
Performs daily equipment check and maintenance of powerscribe workstation.
Places reports in a batch queue for dictation and corrects status on error log reports.
Uses the Picture archiving system for image retrieval, distribution, CD creation, film digitization, and film printing.
Audits patient information/data using the electronic database.
Verifies patient procedures are completed in the Radiology Information System.
Checks exam status to ensure final report.
Merges patient data in regards to duplicate patients.
Verifies patient schedules and tracks patients.
Assists technologists with data management regarding accession numbers on patients.
Gathers data for patients done outside of Emory Healthcare Systems.
Regularly meets with and communicates operational changes to physicians.
Seeks input and recommendations from physicians on ways to improve operations.
Communicates potential issues and opportunities to management.
Coordinates workflow and image transfers with other facilities.
Assists physicians in providing image interpretation and documentation of studies.
Evaluates data received from outside sources and coordinates effective transfer of information.
Performs other duties as assigned.