Dear RIS Radiology Insider,
Merging RIS and PACS into a unified system is not a project for the faint of heart. Rather, it is time-consuming, often tedious work that can raise the ire of even the most placid information systems manager. Still, the promise of an integrated system for patient reports, images, and demographics is a compelling reason to at least consider such a move.
Interested in learning more about installing an integrated RIS/PACS? Here’s how:
On Wednesday, September 3, from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. PDT, AuntMinnie.com and OTech Health Care Technology Solutions will present a live Webcast on RIS/PACS integration. The Webcast features DICOM and HL7 expert Herman Oosterwijk delivering a multimedia RIS/PACS integration seminar. If you’d like to view the session, just go to http://www.otechimg.com/webcast.php to register for the event.
If you aren't able to attend the live Webcast on Wednesday, we’ll be archiving the audio and PowerPoint portion of the presentation in the RIS Digital Community so you can review it at your leisure. In addition to the seminar, Oosterwijk will be answering questions about the RIS/PACS integration Webcast in our PACS Digital Community Discussion Group for two weeks following the presentation.
In other news, open-source architecture continues to be a developing topic in medical informatics. A group of researchers from the radiology department at the Geneva University Hospitals in Switzerland has developed a Web collaboration application based on a homegrown operating system, the BolinOS.
Their application, IntRad, permits the publishing of multiple data sources, such as images, reports, and multimedia, by users with little computer expertise. As a RIS Insider, you have access to this story before it is published for the rest of our AuntMinnie.com members next week. To find out more about this freely available system, go here.
Also, if you have a comment or story to share about radiology informatics, please contact me at [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you.
