Unnecessary footsteps prohibits productivity. If a technologist requires a physician's assistance during a scan, it oftentimes requires a trek across the department to the exam room to review the modality console and determine the action plan. In other cases, the physician may not even be on-site, and therefore, it is not even possible to consult on the best possible action plan for the procedure. In either case, you could be costing valuable minutes, or potentially even a call back examination for the patient.

Consult significantly improves this process, allowing ubiquitous modality console access and significant time-savings for the physician. Here is a brief example. An MRI technologist is finishing up a complicated MRCP and would like to show the last set of images to the radiologist prior to removing the patient from the scanner. The technologist knows that the physician is practicing at a different location, however, by utilizing Consult, collaboration is easy. The technologist contacts the physician and communicates to them which scanner the patient is in. The radiologist then navigates to the Consult browser page and simply selects the modality console of interest. Immediately, the scanner console is displayed and the physician and technologist can review images and determine the best action plan.

Similar solutions from the modality manufacturer will cost thousands of dollars and potentially lock you in to their technology for future purchases. Consult eliminates those concerns by being vendor neutral, flexible, and scalable to maximize your investment.