Dear PACS Insider,
PACS technology gives clinicians faster access to images. But when emergency department physicians, for example, are able to see studies before the radiologists, interesting challenges can ensue.
In research presented at the recent 2006 RSNA meeting from the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, ED physicians were found to be viewing imaging studies concurrently with or even before radiologists. Of the cases included in the three-month study, 32.9% were first reviewed by the ED physician and only 51% had interpretations available at the time of ED physician review of the studies.
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Our story on the talk is part of our continuing coverage from the 2006 RSNA meeting in Chicago. If you haven't already, you can check out current articles from the conference, including the suitability of consumer color displays for diagnostic reading of radiography images, the increase in incidental findings on cervical spine MR studies due to PACS, the success of a digital "blink" comparator for boosting lesion detection, and of course, PACS consultant Michael Cannavo's annual PACSman Awards.
Stay tuned for further RSNA coverage in the coming weeks, and happy holidays from all of us at AuntMinnie.com.
