Consideration for an Integrated RIS/PACS Implementation

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Consideration for an Integrated RIS/PACS
Implementation

• Shonna D. Galloway
• Business Manager
• Western Kentucky Diagnostic Imaging
• July 27, 2004

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Players on the Team?

• 1. Patients
• 2. Referring community and staff members
• 3. Imaging Center/Hospital staff members
• Remember, youre all on the same team!

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Imaging Center/Hospital Staff

• Facility Goals
• Which modalities will be integrated?
• Other systems to communicate with PACS?
• Improve workflow for all areas.
• Records
• Technologists
• Radiologists
• Billing Staff

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IT Staff or Not?

• IT Staff
• Computer savvy Technologist and workflow and
  RIS-oriented clerical staff member

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Referring Doctor Community

• Film withdrawal
• CD
• Paper
• Web Access
• Referring Workflow
• Fit their workflow, within reason
• Do onsite training

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Satisfied Patients

• Quicker Report Turnover
• Ease of Moving Patient Records
• Costs passed to patient- OUCH!

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Who Won the Game?

• All Win!
• Continually improve and keep pace with
• technology
• Improved efficiency is the goal