title: The Legnano radiology picture archiving and communication system/radiology information system project implementation.
abstract: The necessity to meet the ever-increasing diagnostic and interventional demands in the most cost-effective and efficient way led to the decision to turn the Department of Radiology at Legnano City Hospital nearly filmless. Crucial for the implementation of this challenging project was the development of a sophisticated and efficient digital architecture along with a nearly global renovation of the whole department, connecting it in the meantime to the hospital asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) backbone. The highlights and drawbacks faced in the implementation of the project are described and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, City Hospital, Legnano, Italy. bergamoa@tin.it
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Bergamo-Andreis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cossa
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ferri
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bernardini
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D006801:Humans; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D018511:Systems Integration