Marquez Luis O, Stewart Howard
Medical Imaging, Southern Ohio Medical Center, Portsmouth, OH, USA.
Radiol Manage. 2005 Mar-Apr;27(2):26-31.
At Southern Ohio Medical Center (SOMC), the medical imaging department and the radiologists expressed a strong desire to improve workflow. The improved workflow was a major motivating factor toward implementing a new RIS and speech recognition technology. The need to monitor workflow in a real-time fashion and to evaluate productivity and resources necessitated that a new solution be found. A decision was made to roll out both the new RIS product and speech recognition to maximize the resources to interface and implement the new solution. Prior to implementation of the new RIS, the medical imaging department operated in a conventional electronic-order-entry to paper request manner. The paper request followed the study through exam completion to the radiologist. SOMC entered into a contract with its PACS vendor to participate in beta testing and clinical trials for a new RIS product for the US market. Backup plans were created in the event the product failed to function as planned--either during the beta testing period or during clinical trails. The last piece of the technology puzzle to improve report turnaround time was voice recognition technology. Speech recognition enhanced the RIS technology as soon as it was implemented. The results show that the project has been a success. The new RIS, combined with speech recognition and the PACS, makes for a very effective solution to patient, exam, and results management in the medical imaging department.
在俄亥俄州南部医疗中心（SOMC），医学影像科和放射科医生都强烈希望改进工作流程。改进工作流程是推动实施新的放射信息系统（RIS）和语音识别技术的一个主要因素。需要实时监控工作流程并评估生产力和资源，这就必须找到一种新的解决方案。于是决定推出新的RIS产品和语音识别技术，以最大限度地利用资源来对接和实施新的解决方案。在实施新的RIS之前，医学影像科采用传统的电子订单录入到纸质申请的方式运作。纸质申请伴随检查过程，直至检查完成后交到放射科医生手中。SOMC与其影像存档与通信系统（PACS）供应商签订了合同，参与一款面向美国市场的新RIS产品的beta测试和临床试验。制定了备用计划，以防产品在beta测试期间或临床试验期间未能按计划运行。提高报告周转时间的技术难题的最后一块是语音识别技术。语音识别技术一经实施便增强了RIS技术。结果表明该项目取得了成功。新的RIS与语音识别技术以及PACS相结合，为医学影像科的患者、检查和结果管理提供了一个非常有效的解决方案。
