Understanding PACS Development in Context: The Case of China

Author

Xue, Yajiong ; Liang, Huigang

Author_Institution

Rhode Island Univ., Kingston, RI

Volume

11

Issue

1

fYear

2007

Firstpage

14

Lastpage

16

Abstract

This paper describes the evolution of picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) in China and identifies several obstacles to its development, including vendors´ opportunism, hospital administrators´ IT ignorance, mindlessness in IT adoption, lack of system integration, and misfits between foreign PACS and local hospitals. Lessons learned from these obstacles are provided, which are of value to developing countries where PACS has just started diffusing

Keywords

PACS; medical image processing; China; DICOM; PACS development; digital image and communications in medicine; hospital administrator; medical imaging; picture archiving and communication system; Biomedical imaging; DICOM; Digital images; Hospitals; Image storage; Marketing and sales; Material storage; Picture archiving and communication systems; Space technology; Technology management; Developing countries; Digital Image and Communications in Medicine (DICOM); medical imaging; picture archiving and communication systems (PACS); China; Database Management Systems; Decision Support Systems, Clinical; Delivery of Health Care; Diagnostic Imaging; Information Storage and Retrieval; Medical Records Systems, Computerized; Radiology Information Systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7771

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TITB.2006.879580

Filename

4049806