MEDRADSC 2BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Radiological Information System, Workflow, Information Management
26 Apr 2019
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Lecture 2 - overview & digital image production concepts. What is pacs: pacs picture archiving and communication system, hospital information system (his, radiology information system (ris, acquisition modalities, general x--ray, fluoro, u/s, ct, mri etc, diagnostic review stations, digital archival. His: designed to manage patient demographics, admission, discharge, preliminary exam order. Ris: designed to manage radiology scheduling of exams, order entry, reports, radiology billing etc. #, exam are sent to the modality worklist for technologist selection. Multi-institutional pacs: now extending the network to multiple institutions, may be a few divisions such as hhs or many institutions, > 50, requires extreme interoperability of his, ris and pacs software. What is teleradiology: means of transmitting diagnostic images (digital) via acquisition modalities from remote sites to alternate or host sites for interpretation or review, telecommunication, wan, pacs. Why study workflow: small changes can make a big impact on, budgets, technologist workload, efficiency, quality.
