title: [CASTOR-Radiology: software of management in a Unit of Medical Imaging: use in the CHU of Tours].
abstract: Despite the large volume of information circulating in radiology departments, very few of them are currently computerised, although computer processing is developing rapidly in hospitals, encouraged by the installation of PMSI. This article illustrates the example of an imaging department management software: CASTOR-Radiologie, Computerisation of part of the Hospital Information System (HIS) must allow an improvement in the efficacy of the service rendered, must reliably reflect the department's activity and must be able to monitor the running costs. CASTOR-Radiologie was developed in conformity with standard national specifications defined by the Public Hospitals Department of the French Ministry of Health. The functions of this software are: unique patient identification, HIS base, management of examination requests, allowing a rapid reply to clinician's requests, "real-time" follow-up of patients in the department, saving time for secretaries and technicians, medical files and file analysis, allowing analysis of diagnostic strategies and quality control, edition of analytical tables of the department's activity compatible with the PMSI procedures catalogue, allowing optimisation of the use of limited resources, aid to the management of human, equipment and consumable resources. Links with other hospital computers raise organisational rather than technical problems, but have been planned for in the CASTOR-Radiologie software. This new tool was very well accepted by the personnel.
authors.affiliation: Département de Radiologie Adultes, Hôpital Bretonneau, CHU Tours.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rouleau
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alison
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bristeau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Minard
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Saad
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D012984:Software
vernacular_title: CASTOR-Radiologie, logiciel de gestion d'un Service d'Imagerie Médicale: utilisation au CHU de Tours.