title: [Radiological reporting system developed with FileMaker-Pro: cooperation with HIS, RIS, and PACS].
abstract: This article briefly describes our original radiological reporting system. This system was developed with the widely used database software FileMakerPro (ver 5.5). The reporting system can obtain information about patients and examinations from a radiology information system(RIS) by the Open DataBase Connectivity(ODBC) technique. By clicking the button on the reporting system, the corresponding DICOM images can be displayed on a picture archiving and communication system(PACS) workstation monitor. Reference images in JPEG format can be easily moved from PACS to the reporting system. Reports produced by the reporting system are distributed to the hospital information system(HIS) in Portable Document Format(PDF), through another web server. By utilizing the capacity of FileMakerPro, the human-machine interface of the system has been able to be improved easily. In addition, cooperation with HIS, RIS, and PACS could be constructed. Therefore, this original system would contribute to increasing the efficiency of radiological diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hikone Municipal Hospital.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawakami
mesh_terms: D004526:Efficiency; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D012984:Software