Shields Health Care, New England, USA.
Eur J Radiol. 2010 Jan;73(1):36-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.10.019. Epub 2009 Dec 23.
Pathology and demography have combined to fuel exponential demand for advanced medical imaging. To support this demand, radiology must move beyond traditional department or modality-based picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) to solutions that ensure access regardless of location. This article delineates underlying reasons for the growth in demand for access to medical imaging in both Europe and the United States. It explains why teleradiology/PACS is critical to support this growth in Europe. It discusses the benefits of and barriers to its widespread implementation as discovered in Canada and the U.S. and how these lessons learned relate to Europe. The article establishes the technological imperatives for teleradiology/PACS and presents three real-world case studies of successful data sharing and shared workflow models via single imaging implementations. Finally, it provides a high-level list of selection criteria for teleradiology/PACS and examines how industry trends affecting the U.S. are important baseline considerations to the success of teleradiology/PACS in Europe.
病理学和人口统计学的结合推动了对高级医学影像的需求呈指数级增长。为了满足这一需求，放射科必须超越传统的基于科室或模式的影像归档和通信系统（PACS），转向无论在何处都能确保访问的解决方案。本文阐述了欧洲和美国对医学影像访问需求增长的根本原因。它解释了为什么远程放射学/PACS 对于支持这一增长至关重要。它讨论了在加拿大和美国发现的广泛实施远程放射学/PACS 的好处和障碍，以及这些经验教训如何与欧洲相关。文章确立了远程放射学/PACS 的技术必要性，并介绍了三个通过单一成像实现成功数据共享和共享工作流程模型的实际案例研究。最后，它提供了远程放射学/PACS 的选择标准的高级清单，并研究了影响美国的行业趋势如何成为远程放射学/PACS 在欧洲取得成功的重要基线考虑因素。
