title: What do radiographers think about teleradiology in Japan?
abstract: In order to understand radiographers' views of teleradiology, we sent questionnaires to all radiographers in Hokkaido, Japan. Questions concerned the understanding of, interest in, need for and problems related to teleradiology. A total of 1275 radiographers responded to the survey (a response rate of 65%). Almost all had heard about teleradiology and about 60% of them were interested in it. However, fewer radiographers working in the central region than in other regions expected to be involved in teleradiology. If teleradiology were to be introduced, 60% of the respondents thought that it should be used for interpreting difficult cases and 30% for emergency cases. Half thought that the system should be managed and operated by the radiographer. Thirty-seven per cent of radiographers expected that there would be problems concerning the management of the system within one facility and between facilities, and 34% predicted problems with the installation costs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. uga@med.hokudai.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogasawara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Endoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakurai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D011859:Radiography; D011871:Radiology; D019112:Teleradiology