Methodology for the design of a PACS in a small provincial hospital.
This paper describes the design and implantation issues for a Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) in a 60-bed provincial hospital. Considerations such as the state of the imaging equipment, preventive maintenance, use and misuse of the equipment and the difficulties regarding migration to an all-digital imaging unit are discussed, as well as the criteria for the selection of the imaging modalities. Finally a design is proposed with four imaging modalities that use open-source database and display workstations. The system is currently under evaluation for possible reproduction in as many as 60 small clinics and hospitals throughout the country.
Leehan
Joaquín Azpiroz
JA
Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico. jazp@xanum.uam.mx
Cañas
Silvia Vides
SV
Licona
Fabiola Martínez
FM
Méndez
Miguel Cadena
MC
Lerallut
Jean-François
JF
D003628:Database Management Systems; D006761:Hospitals; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D008800:Mexico; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013219:State Government; D014584:User-Computer Interface