VIDEO: Embracing Collaboration Among Disparate Radiology Groups
Lisa Mead, RN, MS, PSO executive director, Strategic Radiology, explains how to create collaboration with a large number of radiology groups.
Lisa Mead, RN, MS, CPHQ, CHPC, PSO executive director, Strategic Radiology, spoke at the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) 2022 meeting on her organization's experience collaborating with a large number of radiology groups.
The speakers in the presentation shared what they have learned about the importance of collaboration when working together and understanding not all groups do things the same way. This includes responses when going through case studies, group responses to COVID-19 pandemic and how to handle incidental findings and follow-up.
The speakers in the session explained participation in a democratic organization requires an understanding that the pace of progress can be slow if all voices are heard. But while speed may be sacrificed, multiple private practice groups working together to achieve a common goal can increase resources, enhance creativity and reduce waste.
The presentation includes how to recognize behaviors that can disrupt collaboration, listing methods to evaluate projects to pursue and describing tools and techniques that promote engagement.
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