Methodology for the design of a PACS in a small provincial hospital

Joaquín Azpiroz Leehan; Silvia Vides Cañas; Fabiola Martínez Licona; Miguel Cadena Méndez; Jean-François Lerallut

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649171

Methodology for the design of a PACS in a small provincial hospital

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2008:2008:386-9. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649171.

Authors

Joaquín Azpiroz Leehan¹, Silvia Vides Cañas, Fabiola Martínez Licona, Miguel Cadena Méndez, Jean-François Lerallut

Affiliation

¹ Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico. jazp@xanum.uam.mx

PMID: 19162674
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649171

Abstract

This paper describes the design and implantation issues for a Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) in a 60-bed provincial hospital. Considerations such as the state of the imaging equipment, preventive maintenance, use and misuse of the equipment and the difficulties regarding migration to an all-digital imaging unit are discussed, as well as the criteria for the selection of the imaging modalities. Finally a design is proposed with four imaging modalities that use open-source database and display workstations. The system is currently under evaluation for possible reproduction in as many as 60 small clinics and hospitals throughout the country.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Database Management Systems*
Hospitals
Information Storage and Retrieval / methods*
Mexico
Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Radiology Information Systems / instrumentation*
Radiology Information Systems / organization & administration*
State Government
User-Computer Interface*