I’ve recently added a couple more short entries on top of my initial 4-post series on radiology setups/hardware, ergonomics, and productivity.
For convenience, here are the articles:
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1. The Best Radiology Setup/Workstation Equipment
Here’s what I have idiosyncratically landed on as a stable happy set-up that balances efficiency and comfort (and an editorial selection of those favored by others).
Life is too short to use what comes with your computer.
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2. How I Use the Contour Shuttle for Radiology
This post could have been titled: Why and How to Use an Offhand Device for Radiology, Or maybe even: How to Make the Most of All Those Extra Buttons on Your Gaming Mouse or Similar Device
More buttons! Better scrolling! Save your wrist! Feel like a PACS ninja!
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3. AutoHotkey for Radiology
AutoHotkey is powerful free software you can use to control your computer and generate simple (or complex) macros to automate tedious or repetitive tasks.
Achieve frictionless hands-free dictation (and more!)
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4. Making the Most of PowerScribe
PowerScribe is ubiquitous in radiology practices across the country, and it’s the only dictation software I use in my job. It has many flaws, but there are plenty of things we can do to make the most of it…Here are some tips for making PowerScribe (360) suck less.
Don’t be a passive victim of bad corporate software.
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5. Radiology Toys (TL;DR)
For the use-with-your-hands part, here are some quick contexts and a single choice for each that you can implement wherever you work:
Quick highlights: Optimizing is a worthy investment of time/energy/money.
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6. Using the Zelotes C18 for Radiology
The Zelotes is the cheapest vertical mouse that doesn’t suck, and it has enough buttons that it’s useful for everyday PACS functionality no matter where you work.
How to think about mice for radiology with a special focus on a very inexpensive “vertical mouse” (along with some alternatives).
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