Eliot Siegel1, Bruce Reiner. 1. Department of Radiology, VA Maryland Health Care System, 10 N. Greene St., Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Our objective is to emphasize the importance of work flow redesign, rather than filmless operation itself, to achieve cost reduction and improvement in productivity with picture archiving and communication systems (PACS). CONCLUSION: Our 8-year experience with PACS shows that the greatest benefit of the transition to a digital system has been the ability to use it as a tool to reengineer overall work flow, both in the imaging department and throughout the health care enterprise.
OBJECTIVE: Our objective is to emphasize the importance of work flow redesign, rather than filmless operation itself, to achieve cost reduction and improvement in productivity with picture archiving and communication systems (PACS). CONCLUSION: Our 8-year experience with PACS shows that the greatest benefit of the transition to a digital system has been the ability to use it as a tool to reengineer overall work flow, both in the imaging department and throughout the health care enterprise.
Authors: Timothy P Szczykutowicz; Christina L Brunnquell; Gregory D Avey; Carrie Bartels; Daryn S Belden; Richard J Bruce; Aaron S Field; Walter W Peppler; Peter Wasmund; Gary Wendt Journal: J Digit Imaging Date: 2018-04 Impact factor: 4.056