title: The key to image management. While PACS often takes center stage in imaging discussions, a renewed focus on workflow and accessibility is putting RIS in the spotlight.
abstract: CIOs are working toward the ideal of "RIS-driven workflow," a concept that is widely understood in theory, but always challenging in practice. In many organizations, issues around interfacing and integration of various RIS, PACS and EMR systems continue to prove complex and challenging. Many smaller hospitals are implementing RIS (often along with PACS) for the first time. Extending the access and functionality of RIS systems to affiliated physicians, and to physicians at any location, is one of the chief goals of CIOs.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hagland
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States