General

At Synergy Radiology we are focused on giving you the best possible service. We are conscious of your time.

To help us make your experience smooth it is important to bring with you as much information about your medical history as possible. In addition to this, certain documents and items are essential for legal reasons.

To help our staff and to save you time, here is a list of what to bring when you visit us at Synergy Radiology:

  • Medical request form from your health care provider
  • Previous scans from other clinics relevant to your examination
  • Medicare card
  • Approval letter from insurance or work-cover insurer
  • Your most recent blood test & pathology results
  • A list of any medications that you are taking
  • Your Synrad ID card
  • A translator (if you do not speak fluent English)

NOTE – For some interventional procedures you are required to bring someone with you to drive you home afterwards.

If you have any questions or would like to make an appointment please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

At Synergy Radiology we are focusing on you.

All of our staff are committed to giving you and all of our patients the best possible care.

If you have a special request or have any questions regarding your preparation, scan, treatment or results of your medical imaging requirements we encourage you to ask any of our staff.

Please LET US KNOW how your experience with us went… we are always looking to improve our services and want to hear from you!

 

The City 2 Surf on again this Sunday (August 12, 2018) and we have a group of Synergy radiology employees entering the gruelling 14km course to raise money for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service! 

But we are not the only ones who have emerged from their winter hibernation who will take part in this popular fun run this weekend. A whopping 85,000 people are predicted to attend! 

Running has many health benefits and because of this is one of the most popular fitness activities worldwide. However, getting fit for Summer might lead to an unwanted lower limb injury if pain is ignored, which can create more harm than good to our much wanted beach bods.

The most common injuries which occur from running include: Blisters, Plantar Fasciitis, Runner’s knee (IlioTibial Band Friction Syndrome) and Shin Splints- all of which require the correct diagnosis to ensure that rehabilitation is done correctly and that time off the concrete is limited.

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The Federal Government is planning to cut Medicare eligibility for MRI of the knee (from 1st November 2018).

FIND OUT HERE to see if you will be affected.

 

Something as simple as our morning coffee may be damaging our beautiful Australian ecosystem.

By the end of the year an estimated 2.6 billion takeaway coffee cups will have been used, briefly, and chucked in Aussie bins. Coffee cups are the latest symbol in a national move against single-use plastics, and may just disappear from coffee shops within the next five years.

That’s if the Federal Government adopts the recommendations of a new Senate committee report that reveals the extent of Australia’s recycling and waste crisis. The report has been issued just as Australia gets used to grocery shopping without free plastic bags.

That would mean goodbye to balloons, straws, takeaway food containers that can’t be reused and plastic cutlery.  It’s one of 18 recommendations the committee made to help end Australia’s waste problem and fix an industry it described as being in ‘grave danger’.

“Waste is a fact of life; the evidence indicates that the quantity is only going to increase; yet there cannot continue to be an expectation that ‘just putting it in the bin’ will work as an adequate waste management system,” the report said. You heard it Australia. Putting rubbish in the bin is no longer good enough to deal with the country’s massive and ever-growing problem with its rubbish.

The committee want Aussies to cut down on the waste they create. It is something for every industry in Australia to think about, from large corporate companies right down to the individual.  This includes the healthcare industry and us in radiology.

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