Lyria PACS: A Case Study Saves Ten Million Dollars in a Brazilian Hospital

Author

Fiori de Carvalho, Diego ; Camacho-Guerrero, Jose Antonio ; Mazzoncini de Azevedo Marques, Paulo ; Alaniz Macedo, Alessandra

Author_Institution

i-medsys (Innovative Med. Syst.), Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

fYear

2015

fDate

22-25 June 2015

Firstpage

326

Lastpage

329

Abstract

The use of computer systems for management and imaging analysis has brought many advantages to medical organizations. This paper comprises a survey regarding the Lyria PACS system implemented in 2011 at Hospital das Clinicas, Ribeirão Preto USP - Brazil. It presents the benefits of this system, the main challenges faced during its implementation, the heterogeneity of infrastructure resources and the monetary economy obtained after the installation of Lyria PACS in short and medium periods of time. The results are shown using statistics and growth of use.

Keywords

PACS; computerised tomography; diagnostic radiography; statistical analysis; Brazilian hospital; Lyria PACS system; computed tomography; computer systems; imaging analysis; infrastructure resource heterogeneity; management analysis; monetary economy; statistics; DICOM; Hospitals; Medical diagnostic imaging; Picture archiving and communication systems; Servers; DICOM; PACS; Radiography; Radiology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), 2015 IEEE 28th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Sao Carlos

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CBMS.2015.87

Filename

7167509