What is Nighthawk Radiology?
Nighthawk radiology or nighthawk teleradiology services are growing as hospitals struggle to meet an increasing demand for accurate diagnostic interpretations and a growing shortage of radiologists. Facilities often have unfilled vacancies and overworked staff, which make it a challenge to provide service to patients.
Nighthawk radiology services help solve this staffing problem with round-the-clock on-call teleradiology coverage. Nighthawk radiology services support hospitals during nightshifts. Often, nighthawk radiology services help staff the second and third shifts, and also cover weekend and vacation shifts.
Nighthawk teleradiology services support hospitals by examining medical scans, reviewing and interpreting the scans, and creating interpretive reports for the hospitals. This is all done remotely so the hospital only needs to send the scanned images without extra personnel.