title: Why are radiologists in the UK not using computers in their departments?
abstract: The value of administrative support computers in radiology departments has been evident, particularly in the United States, for more than a decade. It is difficult to understand why so little interest appears to have developed in this country; it is, perhaps, our inherent conservatism. The advent of the inexpensive microprocessor with a wide range of program packages has set the scene for an expansion of the use of computing in a wide range of clerical tasks. This article sets out to describe the various applications which we have demonstrated to be particularly suitable for incorporation into a computer system and suggests a number of additional applications which may be appropriate to particular radiology departments.
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom