how long does the average wait for a CT scan patient from the time they register to the time the scan has been completed?

Mid Atlantic Radiology Services (MARS) services a number of local nospitals. They market their services directly tp physicians, clinics an nospital procurement offices and offer a full range of imagining services by appointment only. The MARS Value Propostion is fast, reliable and accurate 1-stop imaging services regardless of ability to pa The Atlanta unit has recently received complaints from disappointed patients of excessively long and unfair waits. Headquarter's staff is renovating the facility and wants to better understand the new resources required to improve the customer experience. Atlanta operates one MRI scanner, two X-Ray systems and two CT Scanners. At a cost of $2.7 million, MARS will not be able to afford additional MRI machines. The facility is open 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year. It processes patients continuously between 8am6pm. All patients arrive at the Reception desk where they are greeted and registered by two clerks. After registration, patients proceed to the common waiting room and wait to be called for the imaging or scanning service they have registered for. On an average day each clerk registers 75 patients. About half of those patients arrive at MARS for X-Ray imagining and the other half are evenly distributed between MRI and CT scans. A typical CT scanner can process a patient every 24 minutes. Whereas it takes on average 15 minutes to process an MRI patient; X - Ray imaging can process 6 customers per hour