The Impact of COVID-19 Related Backlog on Radiology - CAR Member Survey 2021

This survey builds on the work published in the CAR's Radiology Resilience Report.

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* 1. Please indication your membership level.

Resident

Fellow

Full practice

Partial practice

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* 2. Please select your current practice environment.

Tertiary Care Centre

Regional Hospital

Smaller Community Hospital

Private Clinic

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Please indicate your region of practice.

NFLD

PEI

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* 4. Please indicate your radiology sub-specialty.

Abdominal

Breast

Cardiac

Chest

General

Gastrointestinal

Genitourinary

Head and neck

Informatics/AI

Musculoskeletal

Neuroradiology

Nuclear medicine

Pediatric

Radiation oncology

Radiation physics

Radiobiology

Vascular and interventional

Whole body imaging

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* 5. At what capacity are you currently operating at?

100%

80%

70%

60%

50% or less

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* 6. Please estimate the wait times for elective medical imaging at your facility.

1 month or less

2 - 3 months

4-5 months

6-7 months

8-9 months

10-11 months

12 months or more

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* 7. What is the greatest hurdle to reducing wait times?

Lack of new equipment

Insufficient health human resources

Other (please specify)

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* 8. During the past year (2020-2021) what you would estimate is the change in volumes for medical imaging (specifically CT and MRI)?

No change

10%

15%

20%

25%

30% or more

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Was your practice able to eliminate the backlog/waiting list?

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 10. How has COVID-19 impacted referrals for imaging in your practice?

Referrals have increased

Referrals are the same

Referrals have been reduced

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* 11. Do you believe the reduction of in-person visits in primary care settings has increased demand/ referrals for medical imaging?

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 12. Has your facility adopted new policies or initiatives to help clear the backlog caused by the pandemic for medical imaging procedures?

Yes