Quality Care Begins with a Quality Report

Franklin & Seidelmann Subspecialty Radiology (F&S) provides the ideal solution to your radiology coverage problem.

F&S is a leading, national professional radiology managed services provider offering high quality final reports, subspecialty expertise and 24x7x365 radiology coverage solutions.

We understand that local options may be limited, and the process of administering radiology contracts and recruiting efforts can put a drain on your resources, but now you have an alternative solution. F&S is uniquely positioned to manage all aspects of your professional radiology services program from comprehensive on-site coverage to nighttime teleradiology support.

Because radiology is a profit center for a hospital as well as a starting point in the healthcare continuum, it is critical that the radiology department provides optimal coverage and service levels in addition to high quality subspecialty reports that help increase medical staff satisfaction, improve patient outcomes and grow outside referral volume and revenues.

Comprehensive Radiology Department Coverage Subspecialty Expertise Reliable and Consistent Service High Quality, Detailed, Clinically Specific Reports Fast Report Turnaround Increased Medical Staff Satisfaction Collaborative Consultations with Physicians Improved Patient Outcomes through Diagnostic Accuracy Growth in Outside Referrals, Revenue and Profits Reduced Overhead and Administrative Functions Department Partnership and Leadership Reduced Malpractice Risk Eliminated Conflict of Interest due to Radiologists’ Ownership of Imaging Centers A Competitive Advantage Based on Report Quality Ability to Support Advanced Modality Purchases

• 24 x 7 x 365 Coverage – F&S works with clients to develop an optimal staffing, expertise and coverage plan based on the needs of your medical staff, ER and modality and procedure support. This includes a combination of on-site and remote radiologists staffing plus full contract, recruitment and locums management. F&S on-site radiologists provide radiology department leadership. F&S can also support your existing staff radiologists with teleradiology services for nighttime, overflow, vacation or specific subspecialty areas. Help Desk Support is part of our service offering.
  
  
• Reports - Reliable, consistent, and fast turnaround. Final ER/nighttime reports within 30 minutes, subspecialty reports within 24 hours and other options inbetween. F&S provides decisive, directive, detailed reports with deeper anatomic description, clinically specific pathology and an understanding of current surgical/medical options.
  
  
• Subspecialty Expertise – The F&S network of more than 100+ industry/academic leaders who are ABR-Certified, Fellowship-Trained neuroradiologists and musculoskeletal, body, cardiac, women’s, pediatric, and nuclear medicine imaging specialists.
  
  
• Collaborative Consultations – F&S radiologists are easy to reach and quick to respond. They practice a “team approach” to medicine and believe in collaborating with physicians and each other to provide the best possible diagnosis and patient care.
  
  
• Implementation – The F&S service team works with the hospital staff on all aspects of the implementation process including special requirements, workflow/integration analysis, development, documentation, set up and testing, training, and communications to ensure a successful “Go-Live” and smooth transition to F&S services.
  
  
• Workflow / System / Report Integration – During implementation, F&S works with clients to understand and develop the appropriate workflow between modalities, radiology/HIS/EMR systems and manual and automated processes to ensure the fast distribution and security of images, information and reports. This may also include custom development such as an HL-7® interface.
  
  
• RT Support – The F&S RT staff is on call to provide clients’ technologists with support, training and education on modality protocols, scanning techniques and image quality issues.
  
  
• IT Support – The F&S IT staff is on call to provide clients’ IT staff or RIS/PACS administrators with configuration, development, or transmission support and troubleshooting.
  
  
• Credentialing/Licensing – The F&S credentialing staff assists clients by preparing the appropriate paperwork and administrative support related to the insurance credentialing process as well as ensuring F&S radiologists are licensed as needed and have provided updated license information and credentials.
  
  
• Billing – Through our partnership with McKesson, F&S will handle all billing services for government and private insurance carriers for the professional reads.
  
  
• Operations – F&S account management provides a variety of operational support functions such as workflow evaluation, and report turnaround and volume analysis.
  
  
• Marketing Support – F&S account management provides an introductory service communications program for the medical staff and community as well as helps with the development of a marketing strategy for generating new outside referrals revenue. Support includes customized marketing pieces such as radiologist biographies, report samples, clinical specialty sales tools, physician lectures, etc.