AZ Delta in Roeselare wants to work with Siemens Healthineerswerk to create a platform that allows hospitals to perform scans together remotely. “This can provide an answer to the acute staff shortage in medical imaging, improve the quality of examinations, reduce waiting times and increase patient proximity to care,” it says.
The first long-distance scan in our country happened in October last year. The test patient was at the radiology department in Rumbeke, the radiology employee operated the MRI scanner from the Kursaal Ostend.
Now AZ Delta, together with Siemens Healthineers, wants to work on a platform that allows hospitals to make their employees medical imaging available to other hospitals. The pilot project will be named WeScan.
Hospitals have invested heavily in MRI scanners in recent years, but they regularly come to a standstill due to staff shortages. “The available manpower does not increase proportionally with the workload,” says Filip Rommelaere of Siemens Healthineers. “The number of examinations is on the rise, but there are fewer and fewer people to perform them. The waiting times for patients are therefore longer.”
Available technologists will be able to be deployed remotely in other hospitals via WeScan. “Less experienced technologists can also enlist the support of more specialized technologists for complex MRI scans via the platform, which prevents patients from having to undergo a second scan,” says Dr. Kristof De Smet, head of the radiology department at AZ Delta.
The remote scans also offer possibilities for working from home via a so-called central cockpit.
The first long-distance scan in our country happened in October last year. The test patient was at the radiology department in Rumbeke, the radiology employee operated the MRI scanner from the Kursaal Ostend. Now AZ Delta wants to work with Siemens Healthineers on a platform that allows hospitals to make medical imaging available to their employees other hospitals. The pilot project will be named WeScan. Hospitals have invested heavily in MRI scanners in recent years, but they regularly come to a standstill due to staff shortages. “The available manpower does not increase proportionally with the workload,” says Filip Rommelaere of Siemens Healthineers. “The number of examinations is on the rise, but there are fewer and fewer people to perform them. The waiting times for patients are therefore longer.” Via WeScan, available technologists can be deployed remotely in other hospitals. “Less experienced technologists can also call in support from more specialized technologists for complex MRI scans via the platform, which prevents patients from having to undergo a second scan,” says Dr. Kristof De Smet, head of the radiology department at AZ Delta. The remote scans also offer possibilities. for working from home via a so-called central cockpit.