| Technology is constantly changing. These changes | | | | images and reports. Benefits for Patients • A |
| are affecting the medical world at an incredible | | | | PACS web viewer vastly improves a health care |
| rate. Nowhere else are these changes more | | | | provider's access to patient’s images and |
| evident than in the radiology field. Constant | | | | reports. • Medical professionals also experience |
| upgrades to technology has led to increased | | | | a reduced number of duplicate images since prior |
| awareness of what's going on in our bodies with | | | | results are available electronically as a for support |
| new CT scans or from the sharing of patient | | | | health care providers when making diagnosis and |
| information through the use of a PACS viewer or | | | | treatment decisions. |
| a mammography viewer Radiology Information | | | | Benefits for Health Care Providers • An |
| System and Picture Archiving and | | | | integrated pacs viewer works to eliminate the |
| Communications system, also referred to as a | | | | emphasis on where a test is performed since all |
| RIS PACS system, allows medical offices and | | | | results are shared electronically with other facilities. |
| hospitals to easily and more importantly, quickly | | | | A PACS web viewer is a perfect example of |
| share diagnostic imaging information, reports and | | | | how information can be shared through the |
| images electronically through either a PACS web | | | | internet. • Radiologists, referring physicians and |
| viewer or a regular PACS viewer. | | | | clinicians now can access a chronological view of a |
| This technology greatly reduces the need for film | | | | patient’s radiology history. Benefits for |
| in diagnostic imaging. A simple way to define RIS | | | | Administrative Personnel • A PACS viewer |
| PACS is as a computerized information system | | | | greatly improves the management and storage of |
| which allows for electronic scheduling, storage and | | | | diagnostic resources and wait lists alike. • It |
| organization of diagnostic imaging and patient | | | | slashes costs related to the managing of film and |
| information. A PACS viewer can also manage | | | | tests previously affected by lack of access to |
| imaging workflow, workload and billing information. | | | | relevant priors, or lost films. The integration of a |
| These machines minimize the need for | | | | mammography viewer into a hospital or medical |
| paper-based transactions and all kinds of film | | | | office brings with it substantial improvements in |
| images. A mammography viewer, for example, | | | | work efficiency. Understanding what is possible |
| provides patient information to a mammography | | | | with a new mammography workstation not only |
| workstation so that the correct images are | | | | helps a doctor or physician find the right solution |
| associated with the correct patient. | | | | to a problem, but can also be a good prognostic |
| A PACS viewer can store X-rays and other | | | | indicator of your future fight against potentially |
| diagnostic images. They reduce the need for film | | | | deadly diseases. As you can see, these changes in |
| while also facilitating quick access to patient | | | | technology are a good thing. |