HOW COULD A CLINICIAN’S LIFE
CHANGE IN FIVE YEARS BECAUSE OF THE
ADOPTION OF VNA TECHNOLOGY?
“
Imaging is an extremely important part of the diagnostic process. Having
that available to clinicians in real time—is critical. As a family doctor I’m
always trying to treat people at a high standard and at lower cost. If I’m not
able to access those tests when I need them, I’m going to have to repeat
them—because they’re so important. Fast forward five years, and I want to
be able to share images across regions, across states, across organizations,
because otherwise the citizen or the system is going to be charged again for
these tasks. These tests need to be gathered into an archive and made widely
available to avoid overtesting. I think that becomes routine in five years.
Having the images broadly available permits the development of computer
assisted diagnosis (CAD) to help our physicians become smarter—because
the larger the cohort of images I’m applying it to, the better the algorithms
will become. So the ability of the CAD system to help the clinician arrive at
the right diagnosis in a more timely fashion will improve.
”
- Dr. Mark Blatt
LISTEN NOW: Dr. Blatt on the clinical implications of future universal
image availability among clinicians and consumers.