Healthcare Abstract: Patient-Centered Radiology and Future Trends

This healthcare abstract addresses the evolving landscape of radiology and the imperative shift towards patient-centered care. It emphasizes the need for healthcare professionals to collaborate, learn, and share knowledge to enhance patient safety and the quality of care. The abstract highlights the transition from a conventional, doctor-focused model to one that prioritizes patient engagement and involvement. Key aspects include effective communication, patient education, and emotional comfort within the radiology setting. The abstract points out the potential benefits of this patient-centered approach, such as improved patient outcomes, higher satisfaction, and greater value in care. The abstract also underscores the importance of key performance indicators, such as waiting times and patient satisfaction. The abstract references the Middle East forum as a driver for change and innovation in the field. The goal is to transform radiology practices, encouraging direct patient care and integrating patient preferences into imaging procedures. The abstract ultimately argues that this transition can change the whole landscape of healthcare.

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Abstract
With changing healthcare environment and evolution, healthcare professionals encouraged to
meet, learn and share knowledge collectively to improve the safety and quality of care for the
communities and patients. In relation to patient engagement and involvement in healthcare
system, the benefits must be presented on safety of patient and quality improvement where
patient and their families are involved with reflecting patient-centred care and this will lead in
more effective care. Patient-centred care is an approach where health care providers
collaborate with patient and their families to recognise and satisfy needs and liking of patient.
Previously, radiologists have conventionally been categorised as “doctor-to-doctor”
specialists who are dissociated from patients and work within an ethos that does not value
patient centeredness. Since 2013, the Middle East forum offering a stimulating and inspiring
environment for the healthcare field enabling professionals to improve quality of service and
care with sharing updated industry knowledge. It changes the perception of professionals
while making them active participant and embracing higher patient interaction rather than
only being a consultant and therefore, ‘Igniting Change, Shaping the Future Together’.
The conventional business model for radiology practices that were known to lessen contact amid
radiologists and also used to maximize the number of patients that can be seen in the course of a day.
It must be transformed into a patient-centred model in which radiologists are rebuilt into direct patient
care and imaging procedure are updated near needs and likeliness of patients. This new model is
more effective as here the healthcare services would be aligned effectively where the healthcare
providers send medical files to other departments and members regardless of if the patient-centred
care model is used and it is also simply effective communication so that everyone can perform this
tasks correctly. In addition, the associated services are developed near needs and preference of patient
irrespective of physician’s needs allowing healthcare providers to cheering patient to speak about
psychosocial problems, giving information and counselling. This new model also encouraged an open
and authentic doctor-patient relationship having of informed decisions relating to health care and
under this, patient is stimulated to request questions and gets important information relating to the
health. Such relationship encourages more open communication that allows doctor to address patient
issue more efficiently while promoting a nurturing environment.
In relation to patient-centred care, there are various dimensions that are relevant to radiologists and
some of the major dimensions of patient-centred radiology include effective communication, patient
education, physical comfort, emotional comfort, respect for patient values & needs, integration of care

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and involvement of friends and family. With regards to this, there are also some key performance
indicators within radiology divisions that can be exploited to encourage a patient-focused
environment comprising waiting time, access suitability and contentment of patient. Ultimately, this
transition will change the whole landscape with having potential benefits including greater value care,
improved patients result and higher satisfaction. However, it requires better control of coordination
among divisions and personal effort for undertaking the associated practices under a network.