title: Cost of managing digital diagnostic images for a 614-bed hospital.
abstract: The cost of recording and archiving digital diagnostic imaging data is presented for a Radiology Department serving a 614 bed University-Hospital with a large outpatient population. Digital diagnostic imaging modalities include computed tomography, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, and digital radiography. The archiving media include multiformat video film recordings, magnetic tapes, and disc storage. The estimated cost per patient for the archiving of digital diagnostic imaging data is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, 39th and Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66103, USA.
authors.forename: Samuel J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Dwyer
authors.forename: Arch W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Templeton
authors.forename: Norman L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Larry T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Kyo Rak
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Errol
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: Solomon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Batnitzky
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Preston
authors.forename: Stanton J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: Hilton I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Tarlton
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Faszold
mesh_terms: D001109:Archives; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000191:economics*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000191:economics*; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000191:economics*; D014743:Videotape Recording / Q000191:economics