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* Emerging electronic health technologies create an unending transformation process. This calls for new ways to plan and prepare the radiology department for these changes. * There is a lack of literature addressing ways to predict the effects of implementing and using new technologies in healthcare. Innovative services by means of simulation is a technique that could predict effects of changes beforehand. * The aim of this study was to validate the use of discrete event simulation to plan future examination throughput changes in the radiology department of Alingsås Hospital in Sweden after both the investment in a new MRI suite and the closing down of two old rooms. * The simulation scenario presented here was based on real life local examination throughput in combination with the total examination throughput from other radiology departments in the region already having MRI suites in use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although the screening of abdominal aortic diameter helps to identify men with abdominal aortic aneurysm and saves lives, there is need to coordinate and synchronize screening personnel's way to work. This article describes the design of a game based skill training application that could give the screening personnel an additional opportunity to refine measuring of abdominal aortic diameter in ultrasound images. The design work follows the steps of the Goal Directed design process. Consequently, the design activities are divided into six phases: the Research, Modelling, Requirements Definition, Framework Definition, Refinement and Development support. The design process described in this paper finishes with usability testing of an interactive prototype. The evaluation of the design was conducted with end users by studying their subjective ratings and performance on given tasks. The overall results of the usability testing show that the interactive prototype of the skill training application is not yet fully usable. Consequently, further improvement of the interface design is needed. The identified usability issues and collected qualitative and quantitative material about the interaction between test participants and the interface can guide the next design iteration and lead to more usable design.