Happy Radiologic Technology Week (NRTW) to the outstanding technologists at UCSF Radiology. I would like to acknowledge our technologists who each day treat our patients with care, skill and knowledge while practicing appropriate safety measures.
It can be easy to take this work for granted, thinking it isn’t that hard to snap a picture. But taking good images is important for getting the patient the right diagnosis and catching disease at an early stage. When it comes to subtle disease finding, our technologists are the first line of defense in healthcare. To celebrate our techs and their work, I want to highlight some of the important contributions that techs make to patient care.
Empathy and safety are the keys to a successful care journey for our patients. Interacting with our technologists is often one of the first points of contact in the care continuum for those…
