Facilities Management
Market Challenges
Management issues of radiology, outpatient diagnostic imaging, and radiation therapy operations are growing increasingly complex in an era of narrow margins and regulatory mandates.
Mr. Flanagan provides Gemstar an extensive background in hands-on operation of imaging centers and management of hospital radiology departments.
Hospital Radiology Departments are under unique pressures, including:
- A shortage of physicians and technicians and difficulty in recruitment
- Compensation and benefit issues
- Difficulty in assessing what kind of equipment is needed
- Difficulty in determining actual productivity of the department
- Difficulty in measuring and increasing the capture of referrals from hospital departments and members of the medical staff
- Difficulty in determining the effectiveness of scheduling
- Difficulty in assessing the quality of radiological services in comparison to national benchmarks.
- Difficulty in assessing what future departmental needs will be.
Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Therapy operations are challenged by various factors, including:
- Optimal use of equipment and personnel to grow revenue
- Mandates to meet compliance, HIPAA, and licensing requirements
- Ability to control expenses
- Ability to market effectively in a market crowded with competitors. Radiation therapy services are increasingly outpatient, driven by patient preference and convenience.
