Siegel Eliot L, Reiner Bruce
J Digit Imaging. 2003 Mar;16(1):164-8; discussion 163. doi: 10.1007/s10278-002-6006-9.
OBJECTIVE. Our objective is to emphasize the importance of work flow redesign, rather than filmless operation itself, to achieve cost reduction and improvement in productivity with picture archiving and communication systems (PACS). CONCLUSION. Our 8-year experience with PACS shows that the greatest benefit of the transition to a digital system has been the ability to use it as a tool to reengineer overall work flow, both in the imaging department and throughout the health care enterprise.
目的。我们的目的是强调工作流程重新设计的重要性，而非无胶片化操作本身，以便通过图像存档与通信系统（PACS）实现成本降低和生产力提高。结论。我们在PACS方面的8年经验表明，向数字系统过渡的最大益处在于能够将其用作一种工具，对影像科及整个医疗企业的整体工作流程进行重新设计。
