title: Administrative and organization impact of PACS and its effect on the quality of care.
abstract: PACS integrated to RIS and HIS will have a significant impact on the hospital operation. This paper describes the current radiological process and indicates at what points PACS may prove to be important, in order to guarantee its successful implementation with the objective to improve patient care by better management of personnel, equipment and information.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier, Luxemburg.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kurdziel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kanz
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000191:economics