| Those working in hospitals and medical facilities | | | | statistics and allergies. Report generation and |
| often spend a great deal of time working with | | | | more can all be efficiently captured with a ris |
| their PACS system. PACS, Picture Archival and | | | | PACS system. |
| Communication Systems, allow medical digital | | | | PACS workstations also allow medical personnel to |
| images to be archived, viewed and distributed | | | | view digital images that are in Dicom format. |
| through the World Wide Web, revolutionizing the | | | | Multiple modalities, including ultrasound, CT, MRI |
| way medical personnel conduct their work. With | | | | and mammographies, may be viewed using this |
| ris PACS,or Radiology Information Systems, | | | | important software and server system. Digital |
| scheduling and patient records can be integrated | | | | medical images can also be seen by multiple users |
| with the digital imaging system, making the whole | | | | at the same time. The system can be customized |
| the workhorse of many medical offices. PACS | | | | to the specific tasks that you need, such as |
| system vendors provide many options so that | | | | pre-retrieval of relevant prior studies. Digital |
| you can find a system that best meets your | | | | images can also be manipulated using PACS |
| specific office needs. | | | | workstations. Multiple images can be seen on the |
| A good PACS system for radiology departments | | | | same screen, and tools for viewing include zoom, |
| needs to be affordable and versatile in order for | | | | mirror, pan and rotation. Annotations can be made |
| everyone to get the most use out of it. A better | | | | and attached to digital medical images. |
| PACS system for radiology departments enables | | | | Measurement tools are also included as part of a |
| teleradiology to occur. Teleradiology allows your | | | | functional PACS system for radiology. |
| medical facility to send and receive digital medical | | | | Storage size is also an important consideration |
| images over the Internet, and this alone has | | | | that PACS system vendors take into account |
| changed how medical care is delivered significantly. | | | | when they design their products. Medical facilities |
| Offsite consultations with specialists located | | | | need a system that is big enough to store all of |
| around the world are now entirely possible with | | | | their digital records, yet also one that is easily |
| these PACS workstations. | | | | expandable for future use. PACS workstations |
| With the addition of ris PACS, medical facilities | | | | also make it much easier to maintain compliance |
| experience an improvement to their workflow, | | | | with HIPPA regulations regarding archiving and |
| because much of their work is centralized in this | | | | storing of patient records. |
| single unit. With this software you can handle | | | | For all these reasons, medical facilities both large |
| patient registration, scheduling of procedures and | | | | and small turn to PACS system vendors for digital |
| appointments, order entry, as well as the capture | | | | medical image storage, viewing and transmission |
| of patient medically relevant information including | | | | solutions. |