Healthcare Administration: Industry Expert Session - Dr. Parveen Gulati

INLEAD conducted an Industry Expert Session on 23rd May for its Healthcare Administration students of April’12 batch. The Session was conducted by Dr. Parveen Gulati, MD – FIMSA and Member Governing Council & Director Imaging, Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital.

Dr. Parveen Gulati presently is running three successful diagnostic centers – Organ Imaging Research Centre in South Delhi, Clinical Diagnostic Centre in East Delhi and Escorts VGS MRI centre, Faridabad. All the three centers are interconnected with Teleradiology to maintain the imaging and interpretation quality.
Dr. Parveen Gulati is also an active member of number of professional organizations which include - International Society of MR in medicine (ISMRM), Radiological society of North America [RSNA] and Delhi Medical Association.

 Topic for the session was Radiology Services. The session helped students to learn about the basic concepts of Radiology and how the new technology has helped it evolved in the two decades. He stressed on the point that presently the scope of radiology is not just limited to X-Rays; it now also includes much more modalities like MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), CT scan (Computed Tomography), Nuclear Medicine (Using of Radio Isotopes) and DXA (Dual X-ray).

He also threw light on the legalities that are involved with these devices, what are the different certifications that are need to be taken care of by the administrator before the installation of the devices and how he has to monitor that proper tests are conducted during the installation and proper precautionary measures are taken care of before they are open for the general public.