Telereporting working and pay out models have evolved over the period. The shift was experienced by radiologist who were salaried earlier. From Department Radiologist to Project Contractor to case basis Consultant are changing positions for a radiologist. Similarly, the payout also saw the upward shift.
While talking about positional change, we see today, most of the radiologist prefer to work independently. There are two types of independent engagements available today to fellow radiologist according to their working style.
Style 1: Quotation Model in Telereporting
For project basis engagement, the ball is in the court of clients. Here client refers to diagnostic facilities or hospitals who are in need of tele reporting. We see that clients always choose their radiologists from known circles or from public data available on the portal like pixel cases, recommendations, experiences etc. They set the offer price and explore best fit who could deliver quality reports in given TAT. Sometimes they want to know ratings of particular Radiologist. Here there are very few portals who can provide the data. Senior radiologist from Teleradiologyhub says, " When offered, Clients pick up 3 radiologists from our data base- mostly senior Radiologists with particular Board affiliation. Our team coordinate the tele-reporting projects with the help of senior radiologists." She further adds, " We follow a quotation model, hence keep Radiologists well informed about the price offer. Which could be highly discounted, but engagement is long term for sure."
Style 2: Algorithmic Model in Telereporting
In this working style, the radiologist achieves maximum freedom of choice at case level. Portals collate or pool from different sources irrespective of legal contract. Teleradiologyhub.com bears the payment risks and pays Radiologists per case basis even if default takes pace. The membership replaces the contract in online world with Teleradiologyhub.com. Members require to do document verification and trial cases. High automation solves many productivities problems including payments.
In routine medico-legal, the responsibility stands with the reporting radiologist all the time as he or she signs the report, however automated portals facilitate the workflow between the client and Radiologists- smoothens the communications. TeleradiologyHub spokesman says," If client or radiologists have any specific legal considerations, they must let us know in writing."
The payment under this method, is done instantly but virtually into the radiologist escrow account.
Under this type of schedule, portals allot cases to Radiologists on certain criteria. The algorithm picks up the Radiologists for reporting CT or MRI OR XRAY. Depending on their earlier Trial rating Or performance cases are allotted.
Pricing: Here the fees per case is dynamic that varies with the factors like: Client Nature, Budget, Client Location, Case upload Timings (day or night) , TAT, Body parts (small or large) and other factors. This dynamic assessment is based in highly sophisticated algorithms. If the fees are less than his or her expectation, radiologist can take informed decision and can request portal to exclude particular client from his/her dashboard next time. All clients are prepaid and maintain a good balance in their wallet.
Owing to "Quotation Model", it helps both - client AND radiologist. We must tell you that this platform is designed for the Radiologists with a direct pay out strategy, hence we are as transparent as possible. But such portals need curation- design through pre-study. It requires huge IT resources for which Radiologists are charged %.
Added reward are always possible. Like depending on how many cases Radiologists do per month, radiologist could be honored with an entry to second opinion panel where the remuneration per case is quite decent.