Administrative Alignment for Integrated Diagnostics Leads to Shortened Time to Diagnose and Service Optimization

Miriam A Bredella1, Florian J Fintelmann1, A John Iafrate1

  • 1From the Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Health Grossman School of Medicine, 227 E 30th St, Translational Research Building 743, New York, NY 10016 (M.A.B.); Departments of Radiology (M.A.B., F.J.F., K.J.D., J.A.B.) and Pathology (A.J.I., D.N.L., J.K.L.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Center for Integrated Diagnostics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass (A.J.I., J.K.L.); Department of Thoracic Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass (I.D.J.); Departments of Radiology (K.J.D., J.A.B.) and Pathology (D.N.L.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Data Science Office, Mass General Brigham Health System, Boston, Mass (K.J.D.); and BostonGene, Waltham, Mass (J.K.L.).

Radiology
|July 30, 2024
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