| Radiology pacs allows for the networking of | | | | and results. Larger pacs for radiology systems |
| computers in your medical facility and beyond. | | | | can support a wide range of modalities, including |
| Pacs radiology also allows a means for storage of | | | | CT, MRI, mammographies and others. |
| your important digital medical images. Although | | | | A radiology pacs system can help to make your |
| Pacs systems have been around for some time, | | | | patient records more error-free. Because of the |
| they were very expensive, so much so that | | | | digital format and several layers of identification of |
| smaller medical facilities could not afford them. | | | | patient information, fewer errors occur, and there |
| However, as the price of all types of electronics | | | | are warnings from the pacs radiology program if |
| and computer hardware and software have | | | | something appears to be amiss. |
| dropped over time, so too has the cost of pacs | | | | A pacs for radiology system can also help to |
| for radiology. | | | | improve the workflow in your small or |
| A pacs radiology system is set up with several | | | | medium-sized medical office. Tags can be added |
| different components. You will have some type | | | | to patient digital images so that physicians know |
| of a server that is the heart of the system. On | | | | that the images have been read. Reports can |
| this is a database which stores all of the digital | | | | be added along with the images, so that both can |
| medical images from your medical facility. The | | | | be seen by a physician together. Physicians can |
| radiology pacs can be connected via local area or | | | | save time with this type of system, which allows |
| wide area networks. You will also find pacs | | | | you to retrieve lists of patients in a pre-fetched |
| radiology that is run on the World Wide Web | | | | pattern, saving you the steps of doing so |
| through a VPN or SSL connection. | | | | manually. You can dictate your reports into the |
| A pacs radiology system is set up on a | | | | system, and it will send it off to your |
| workstation in your medical office. To this | | | | transcriptionist for typing, or will allow other |
| radiology pacs workstation you can attach a | | | | physicians to hear it for speedier turnaround time. |
| printer and a scanner for greater flexibility in use. | | | | A radiology pacs can help you stay in compliance |
| You can also use a pacs radiology setup in | | | | with HIPPA laws, making it easier to perform |
| conjunction with a ris, or radiology information | | | | quality control and audits through automatic |
| system, for even more features in terms of | | | | reporting and other means built into the system. |
| adding patient intake information, testing orders | | | | |