Radiology isn't the only specialty that stands to benefit from PACS. Switching to filmless imaging can streamline operations and bring new workflow efficiencies to orthopedic clinics, for example, resulting in happier patients and orthopedic surgeons.
Dear AuntMinnie Member,Radiology isn't the only specialty that stands to benefit from PACS. Switching to filmless imaging can streamline operations and bring new workflow efficiencies to orthopedic clinics, for example, resulting in happier patients and orthopedic surgeons.
That's the conclusion of one orthopedic facility's conversion to filmless imaging, as reported in a PACS Digital Community case study by staff writer Erik L. Ridley. The article describes how the clinic, operated by the University of Rochester Medical Center, laid its plans for the digital migration.
A major element of the hospital's plan was convincing referring orthopedic surgeons of the value of digital imaging. URMC, for example, had to tweak its computed radiography settings to more closely match what the orthopedic surgeons were used to looking at.
But once the PACS was in place, orthopedic surgeons soon found that filmless imaging meant faster review of old imaging studies, faster turnaround for exams, and shorter patient waiting times. Find out about the rest of the benefits in our PACS Digital Community, at pacs.auntminnie.com.
