Study on the self-identified overall performance effect of the resources sharing model at a regional medical imaging center under a hospital group

Objective To learn the evaluation of the regional medical imaging resources sharing center by medical staff of a regional hospital group in Shenzhen city. Methods The group established a regional medical imaging resources sharing center in January 2016. One year later, a cross-sectional study was made on its medical staff using questionnaires. Such statistical methods as descriptive statistics and analytic hierarchy process among others were used to learn the self-identified overall effects for such a shared model. Results The questionnaire was responded by 24 medical imaging clinicians, 23 medical imaging technicians and 152 clinical doctors respectively. The comprehensive evaluation weight coefficient of the medical staff to the shared model was 0.692 2, whereas that to the distributed(conventional)model was 0.307 8. With regard to the shared model, 84.3%(43/51)of the clinical doctors held the imaging transmission as faster. 55.3%(84/152), 54.2%(13/24) and 53.6%(12/23) of the clinical doctors, imaging clinicians and technicians held the imaging quality as better than before. Respectively 95.8%(23/24)and 91.3%(21/23)of the imaging clinicians and technicians held their ability to read images or competence as improved. 54.2%(13/24)and 52.2%(12/23)of the imaging clinicians and technicians respectively held the cost performance of income as decreased. Conclusions Compared with the conventional management model, the medical staff tend to embrace the shared management model, but they complained greater stress, and less satisfaction. Key words: Medical image; Shared model; Self-identical overall effects; Questionnaires