How to establish a cost-effective mobile mammography program.
Carkaci, Selin; Geiser, William R; Adrada, Beatriz E; Marquez, Cindy; Whitman, Gary J
Why this matters
Twenty years of running mobile mammography produces practical guidance that a single program evaluation cannot. The article names finding and maintaining resources, appropriate equipment and infrastructure, and a dedicated team with an efficient workflow as the elements that make the model affordable.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to describe how to establish a cost-effective mobile mammography program on the basis of examples from a 20-year experience with film-screen and digital mammography units. CONCLUSION: Mobile mammography programs can reduce many barriers to breast cancer screening faced by medically underserved women. Finding and maintaining resources, having appropriate equipment and infrastructure, and having a dedicated team with an efficient workflow are the key elements of establishing a cost-effective mobile mammography program.