Priya's Thursday, Two Ways

Priya, a radiographer at a busy city hospital

Priya starts her shift with a full list. She has five X-rays before lunch and an MRI patient who is nervous about the noise. She opens ChatGPT and uses the patient communication prompt to turn the standard MRI instructions into a short, calm message. She adds, 'The scanner is loud, like a washing machine, but you can talk to me the whole time.' The message is ready in a minute.

Next, she uses the scheduling and admin support prompt to draft reminder texts for three patients who need to come back for repeat images. She includes the specific times and the reason: 'Your last image was a little blurry, so we want to get a clearer one.' The texts go out before her first patient arrives.

During a break, a colleague asks for help with a positioning problem. Priya uses the patient positioning prompt in Claude to review steps for a shoulder X-ray on a patient with limited movement. She tries the alternative the AI suggests: a slight rotation with a cushion. It works, and the image is clear the first time. Later, she uses the image quality prompt to build a quick checklist for repeat images.

At the end of the day, Priya has twenty minutes left. She uses the documentation and handover prompt to draft a concise handover summary for the evening shift. She adds details about the MRI patient and the shoulder technique. She leaves on time, picks up her daughter from soccer, and does not take paperwork home.