Don C
Department of Radiology, Ottawa General Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ont., Canada.
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1987 Nov;149(5):1069-72. doi: 10.2214/ajr.149.5.1069.
A 6-year experience with the first cassetteless radiology department has shown that it (1) considerably speeds the examination of the patient and allows the technician to stay with the patient throughout the entire course of the examination; (2) relieves the technician of the burden of manually transporting lead-backed cassettes to and from the darkroom; (3) gives the radiologist closer control over gastrointestinal examinations and allows him to see the processed films during the course of the examination; (4) greatly reduces the number of radiology technicians required; and (5) eliminates a great deal of the function of the darkroom technicians. The cost-efficiency and productivity of the department have been compared with other teaching hospitals in Ontario, the basis for the comparison being the Canadian workload system, which compares units of work. Nonmedical productivity and cost-efficiency are shown to be improved by a factor of 30-60%, with financial savings amounting to about 25% of the total budget.
对首个无胶片放射科六年的经验表明，它（1）显著加快了对患者的检查速度，并使技术人员在整个检查过程中都能陪伴患者；（2）减轻了技术人员手动将铅板暗盒往返于暗室的负担；（3）使放射科医生对胃肠检查有更密切的控制，并使他能在检查过程中查看处理后的胶片；（4）大大减少了所需放射科技术人员的数量；（5）消除了大量暗室技术人员的工作。该科室的成本效益和生产率已与安大略省的其他教学医院进行了比较，比较的基础是加拿大工作量系统，该系统对工作量单位进行比较。结果显示，非医疗方面的生产率和成本效益提高了30%至60%，节省的资金约占总预算的25%。
