title: Integrating RIS/PACS: the web-based solution at University Hospital of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
abstract: Integration of a Radiology Information System (RIS) and a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) reduces the risk of inconsistent data by reducing interfaces among databases that contain largely redundant information. Furthermore, RIS/PACS integration is the basis for a filmless radiology facility. Web technology is based on international standards and supplies the main features for the RIS/PACS integration task based on a client/server model. This article presents a web-based system developed to manage and distribute images and diagnostic information within the University Hospital of Ribeirão Preto (HCRP) at the University of Sao Paulo.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. pmarques@fmrp.usp.br
authors.forename: Paulo Mazzoncini
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: de Azevedo-Marques
authors.forename: Edilson Carlos
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Caritá
authors.forename: Alexander Antonio
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Benedicto
authors.forename: Pablo Rodrigo
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Sanches
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D016250:Compact Disks; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D019451:Information Management; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D018511:Systems Integration; D019112:Teleradiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed