Hard to say,but I'd estimate we get about 50/50.... half are scheduled for imaging before they see the doc (for example, retinal injection returns)... half get SENT to imaging the day of their appt. Gary ________________________________ From: optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Verdick, Randall E [randall-verdick@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 2:51 PM To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [optimal] Scheduling of patient's imaging I was wondering how many imaging clinics “schedule” a patient’s imaging. Here we take all clinic patients as they are seen. Randall Verdick, FOPS Educational Media Coordinator Department of Ophthalmology University of Iowa ________________________________ Notice: This UI Health Care e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. ________________________________ IMPORTANT WARNING: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken, or omitted to be taken, in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you. Geisinger Health System utilizes an encryption process to safeguard Protected Health Information and other confidential data contained in external e-mail messages. If email is encrypted, the recipient will receive an e-mail instructing them to sign on to the Geisinger Health System Secure E-mail Message Center to retrieve the encrypted e-mail.