Frank M S, Rowberg A H
Department of Radiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle 98104.
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1993 Dec;161(6):1309-11. doi: 10.2214/ajr.161.6.8249749.
An increasing number of radiology departments are using computers to facilitate management of radiologic information. Transcription, storage, and printing of radiologic reports are among the primary functions of a radiology information system. Consequently, manual signature of radiologic reports is being replaced by on-line electronic authentication. However, the utilities provided on most radiology information systems to review, edit, and otherwise manipulate radiologic reports are relatively crude compared with commercial word-processing and data-base management software available for personal computers. We have developed a personal computer software system that is integrated with our existing radiology information system; expedites the radiologist's task of reviewing, editing, and authenticating (i.e., signing) radiologic reports; provides a teaching file data base on the workstation into which radiologic reports and patients' demographics can be instantly transferred; and provides a similar data base to facilitate follow-up on those examinations deemed appropriate for quality-assurance procedures. These features improve the radiologist's efficiency and increase his or her willingness to more fully exploit the intended purposes of a radiology information system.
越来越多的放射科正在使用计算机来辅助管理放射学信息。放射学报告的转录、存储和打印是放射学信息系统的主要功能。因此，放射学报告的手动签名正被在线电子认证所取代。然而，与个人计算机可用的商业文字处理和数据库管理软件相比，大多数放射学信息系统提供的用于审查、编辑和以其他方式处理放射学报告的实用程序相对简陋。我们已经开发了一个个人计算机软件系统，该系统与我们现有的放射学信息系统集成；加快了放射科医生审查、编辑和认证（即签署）放射学报告的任务；在工作站上提供一个教学文件数据库，放射学报告和患者人口统计数据可以立即传输到该数据库中；并提供一个类似的数据库，以方便对那些被认为适合质量保证程序的检查进行随访。这些功能提高了放射科医生的效率，并增加了他或她更充分利用放射学信息系统预期目的的意愿。
