Frank M S, Berge R, Stern E J, Johnson J A
Department of Radiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle 98104.
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1994 Mar;162(3):709-12. doi: 10.2214/ajr.162.3.8109526.
We investigated a method for increasing the utility of a radiology information system by connecting it to a personal-computer network and transferring radiologic data to a more user-friendly, familiar computing environment. We have developed a personal-computer local-area network that is linked to our radiology information system. Our software periodically transfers data from the radiology information system to a file server on our network that supports cross-platform access for Macintosh and IBM PC--compatible computers. Data are stored in formats compatible with inexpensive personal-computer software. These capabilities facilitate any research that requires a tailored, retrospective analysis of radiologic data. The need for ancillary personnel to perform paper-based searches or redundant data entry is decreased. Radiologists and administrators also have user-friendly access to information that might facilitate other projects dealing with education or analysis of clinical efficacy. The ever-growing power of personal computers, combined with inexpensive yet sophisticated software for these machines, frequently provides a more useful method for retrospective analysis of radiologic data than does a proprietary radiology information system running on a minicomputer.
我们研究了一种通过将放射学信息系统连接到个人计算机网络并将放射学数据传输到更用户友好、更熟悉的计算环境来提高其效用的方法。我们开发了一个与我们的放射学信息系统相连的个人计算机局域网。我们的软件定期将数据从放射学信息系统传输到我们网络上的一个文件服务器，该服务器支持Macintosh和IBM PC兼容计算机的跨平台访问。数据以与廉价个人计算机软件兼容的格式存储。这些功能便于进行任何需要对放射学数据进行定制的回顾性分析的研究。减少了辅助人员进行基于纸张的搜索或重复数据录入的需求。放射科医生和管理人员也可以通过用户友好的方式访问信息，这可能有助于处理教育或临床疗效分析的其他项目。个人计算机不断增长的能力，再加上适用于这些机器的廉价而复杂的软件，与在小型计算机上运行的专有放射学信息系统相比，经常为放射学数据的回顾性分析提供了一种更有用的方法。
