title: [Survey on medical information education for radiologic technologists working at hospitals].
abstract: Recently, the importance of medical information for radiologic technologists has increased. The purpose of this questionnaire survey was to clarify the method of acquiring skill in medical information for radiologic technologists from the point of view of the managers of radiology departments. The questionnaire was sent to 260 hospitals that had introduced picture archiving and communication systems (PACSs) for the person responsible for medical information in the radiology department. The response rate was 35.4% (92 hospitals). The results of this survey clarified that few hospital have staff for medical information in the radiology department. Nevertheless, the excellent staff who have the skills to troubleshoot and develop systems are earnestly needed in radiology departments. To solve this problem, many technologists should understand the content, work load, and necessity of medical information. In addition, cooperation between radiologic technologist schools and hospitals is important in the field of medical information education.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kumamoto University Hospital.
authors.forename: Ryuji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogasawara
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okuda
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: Hisateru
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohoba
authors.forename: Shuhei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hosoba
mesh_terms: D006270:Health Facility Administrators; D033181:Information Dissemination; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013679:Technology, Radiologic / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards