Langlois S L, Vytialingam R C, Aziz N A
Department of Radiology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia.
Australas Radiol. 1999 May;43(2):201-5. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.1999.00634.x.
With increasing budgetary restraints on the health system, it is apparent that the main contribution that radiology departments can make to significant cost reduction in hospitals is to decrease the length of time between requesting an X-ray examination and receiving the report (and images). Digital radiography (DR) was introduced into the Radiology Department at the Royal Adelaide Hospital as a pilot project to research the cost-benefits and efficiency of the system, and to determine future directions for planning a digital department. The business plan developed prior to implementation of this pilot project predicted a saving of one bed-day per inpatient when a fully digital department with a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) is installed. This initial study comparing DR and conventional radiography (convR) provides baseline data and shows encouraging results for more rapid transmission of reports to clinicians.
随着卫生系统预算限制的增加，很明显放射科能为医院大幅降低成本做出的主要贡献是缩短从申请X光检查到收到报告（及图像）之间的时间。数字X线摄影（DR）作为一个试点项目被引入阿德莱德皇家医院放射科，以研究该系统的成本效益和效率，并确定规划数字化科室的未来方向。在实施这个试点项目之前制定的商业计划预测，当安装一个配备图像存档与通信系统（PACS）的全数字化科室时，每位住院患者可节省一个床位日。这项比较DR和传统放射摄影（convR）的初步研究提供了基线数据，并显示出向临床医生更快传输报告的令人鼓舞的结果。
