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Mobile imaging services are of great benefit to assisted living facilities, doctors, and nursing homes. With the provision of on-site diagnostic imaging which prevents the risk of further injury and inconvenience to the patient. These services are also available on a 24/7 basis and during holidays — so no after-hours facility is required for medical imaging services, when scheduled or on an immediate need.

The fact that these services are mobile prevents facilities from sending their own personnel out to transport residents in need of medical imaging. Mobile imaging helps to keep the nursing home residents safe and comfortable while avoiding any inconvenience or anxiety when going to another location for imaging services.

Positive Impact on Patients and Physicians

With an increase of practices using mobile imaging services has come additional improvements in image quality and ease of equipment transport, with the ability to utilize diagnostic radiology and receive instant results leaving imaging specialists wanting more. The result has been technology that has seen high adoption rates with regard to provider settings, such as nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Additionally, consumers are also helping drive the transition to more advanced forms of imaging.

Introducing mobility has a positive impact on both patients and physicians alike, because:

• Mobile imaging provides nearly immediate feedback and results due to the digital technology that displays images within seconds of being taken; this results in better care management and faster treatment strategies for patients.
• The contracting facility can direct the technician if they want to concentrate on a specific area that need more attention.
• Being able to schedule the imaging during the patient’s regular scheduled appointment, creates a friendly and relax environment for your patient. It save your patients time by handling all their healthcare needs in one office visit and one facility.

Mobile Imaging Services in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Analysis of Benefits

Three overarching outcomes can be identified when looking at the benefits mobile imaging services bring to such facilities:

• There’s a reduced number of hospitalizations and outpatient examinations or treatments.
• There’s a reduced number of transfers between nursing homes and hospitals.
• There’s increased access to services such as x-ray examinations.

For residents, there’s a clear reduction in burdensome transfers and waiting times, and adequate treatment and care are — in turn — increased. From a societal perspective, resources are used more efficiently and overall costs are reduced substantially.

In a general sense, mobile imaging services for nursing home residents are of comparable quality to hospital-based examinations and offer clear potential benefits. Mobile imaging reduces transfers to and from a hospital, increases the number of examinations carried out and facilitates timely diagnosis and access to treatments.