The GE Signa HDxt 1.5T MR System Home Care Path

Health Care providers in rural settings are continually upgrading technology to better serve seniors. Health Care providers have become dependent upon information an MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanner can contribute to the medical diagnostic process. The GE Signa HDxt 1.5T MR system is a newer state of the art MRI unit.

The GE Signa HDxt 1.5T MR system will benefit the provider, the patient, and the over all health care system. This new MRI has many capabilities that will prevent seniors from having to travel to larger facilities for advanced diagnostic testing.

The GE Signa HD xt 1.5T MR system cuts down on the time needed to be spent in the MRI unit itself. Many routine exams can be performed faster. The GE Signa HDxt 1.5t MR produces sharper and higher resolution images. Providers find the images easier to read and result in more accurate prescribing of treatment and medication. The advanced software lessens the time radiology department staff need for each individual patient. The providers benefit from having reduced labor cost, and less need for repetitive diagnostic testing.

The patient is now required to spend less time in the MRI unit itself. This is great for patients that do not like to be in small places for very long. Having the GE Signa HDxt 1.5T MR in a nearby rural setting prevents the patient from having to travel to larger facilities for this advanced testing process. Less travel to big cities. Access to the GE Signa HDxt 1.5T MR means easier to interpret images for the radiology department. This can save the patient from exposure to higher radiation doses from other diagnostic tests. The patients benefit from having shorter visits and faster prescribing of treatment and medication.

The GE Signa HD xt 1.5T MR system in a rural setting can reduce fragmentation within the overall health care system. Less health care system dollars will be spent on repeat testing. The reduction of staff time per patient translates to the ability for more patients to be served. The health system is serving more people with the same labor cost. The sharper, higher resolution images can improve medical hospital treatment outcomes. Reducing the number of patients needing lengthy hospital stays can save the health care system money. The over all health care system benefits from being able to serve more patients with less money, and better patient outcomes with less hospital, nursing home expense.

Federal regulations will begin to more closely monitor repeat admissions to hospital and nursing homes. The GE Signa HDxt 1.5T MR system will give providers an edge to reduce hospital and nursing home readmissions.