Twair A A, Torreggiani W C, Mahmud S M, Ramesh N, Hogan B
Department of Radiology, the Adelaide & Meath Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland.
J Digit Imaging. 2000 Nov;13(4):175-7. doi: 10.1007/BF03168392.
One of the important advantages of the picture archiving and communication system (PACS) is the time saved in comparison with the conventional system. A group of 100 radiologic studies done in a conventional radiology department is compared with another group of the same number done in a completely filmless PACS department to assess the difference in the radiologist report turnaround time. There was a statistically significant (P < .00001) decrease in the median imaging-to-dictation time (IDT) of the PACS group (3 hours and 40 minutes) in comparison with the pre-PACS group (25 hours and 19 minutes). This can be attributed to the fact that PACS eliminates all the workload associated with hard copy films, thus, improving the department's efficiency and decreasing the number of lost films.
图像存档与通信系统(PACS)的一个重要优势是与传统系统相比节省了时间。将在传统放射科完成的100项放射学检查与在完全无胶片的PACS科室完成的相同数量的另一组检查进行比较,以评估放射科医生报告周转时间的差异。与PACS前组(25小时19分钟)相比,PACS组的中位成像到口述时间(IDT)有统计学意义的显著降低(P <.00001)(3小时40分钟)。这可归因于PACS消除了与硬拷贝胶片相关的所有工作量,从而提高了科室效率并减少了丢失胶片的数量。