The role of PACS in redesigning the radiologic practice

Author

Mun, S.K. ; Freedman, Marjorie

Author_Institution

Dept. of Radiol., Georgetown Univ. Med. Center, Washington, DC

fYear

1995

fDate

27-29 Mar 1995

Firstpage

39

Lastpage

42

Abstract

More and more people see the use of PACS as a means to cut operating cost and increase productivity in radiology service. But the number of successful PACS implementations is still limited. This paper discusses the possible future direction of PACS development and what it might mean in reengineering radiology service. Topics covered include: the conventional and possible new approaches to PACS; the new environment; real-time radiology; the digital free market; health care and information; the ubiquitous network-the Internet; centralized and decentralized radiology; and the changing nature of the radiology sub-specialist

Keywords

PACS; diagnostic radiography; health care; medical information systems; patient care; radiology; Internet; PACS; centralized radiology; decentralized radiology; digital free market; future direction; health care; information; operating cost; productivity; radiologic practice; radiology service; radiology sub-specialist; real-time radiology; Biomedical imaging; Costs; Hospitals; Information systems; Medical diagnostic imaging; Picture archiving and communication systems; Productivity; Radiology; Robustness; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Telemedicine On-Line Today, 1995. Research, Practice, and Opportunities., Proceedings of the National Forum

Conference_Location

McLean, VA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5860-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MTOL.1995.504526

Filename

504526