PACS: Reengineering Workflow in the Imaging Department of a National Health Institute in Mexico

Author

Ortiz-Posadas, M.R. ; Benitez-Graniel, M.A. ; Pimentel-Aguilar, A.B.

Author_Institution

Univ. Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico City

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

3585

Lastpage

3588

Abstract

The national institute of respiratory diseases (INER) recently acquired a PACS-RIS system. Its installation has caused the need to modify some processes related to the imaging department. The objective of this work was to identify all steps involved in the appointment set up process harr image scanning harr radiological diagnostic process as well as to detect operational problems in two imaging modalities: X-ray and tomography, and to propose a solution in order to get the optimal use of the PACS-RIS system.

Keywords

PACS; computerised tomography; diagnostic radiography; PACS-RIS system; X-ray imaging; appointment set up process; computerised tomography; image scanning; operational problems; radiological diagnostic process; Chromium; Computed tomography; Computer displays; Digital images; Diseases; Hospitals; Image analysis; Optical imaging; Picture archiving and communication systems; X-ray imaging; Academies and Institutes; Efficiency, Organizational; Information Storage and Retrieval; Mexico; Models, Organizational; National Health Programs; Radiology Information Systems; Workload;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353106

Filename

4353106