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INFORMATION SYSTEM] [OFFICE AUTOMATION]
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AND RESEARCH DATABASE] [NETWORKING] [IMACS]
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RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEM (RIS)
The RIS supports exam scheduling and tracking,
results reporting, image management, patient processing, patient
billing, and management reporting. It consists of the IDX Imagecast
web application running on a three-server cluster of dual-processor
Compaq DL380. The SQL Server database runs on a four-processor DL580
active-passive cluster. The application can be accessed from anywhere
on the medical center’s intranet or from off-campus via a
VPN (virtual private network) connection. The RIS is interfaced
to the Hospital's patient management system, the Hospital’s
Enterprise-Wide Scheduling (EWS) system, and our PowerScribe voice
recognition dictation system. In addition, preliminary and final
radiology reports are transmitted to the institution’s Clinical
Data Repository (CDR) for display via the CareWeb browser by clinicians
throughout the Medical Center (and anywhere in the world, using
the Internet).
POWERSCRIBE
VOICE RECOGNITION DICTATION SYSTEM
The Dictaphone
PowerScribe voice recognition dictation system provides immediate
computer-generated transcription of spoken clinical exam interpretation
to speed the radiology reporting process. The application client
is available on numerous PCs in radiology reading rooms throughout
the medical center which communicate with the centralized HP dual
processor DL380 G4 server. Following voice-to-text translation and
radiologist authentication, the text of the radiology report is
transmitted to the RIS (and from there to the CDR for display via
CareWeb).
MANAGEMENT
AND RESEARCH DATABASE
The management
and research database provides Radiology's administration with decision
support data, and it facilitates the faculty's research efforts
by providing access to several years worth of clinical results.
Database searches and reports can be generated by Radiology Computing
Services personnel from the data contained on the IDXRAD Imagecast
RIS.
IMACS
(PACS)
The Image Management
and Archiving Communications System (IMACS) provides for the acquisition,
management, storage, and presentation of digital medical images.
The Siemens Sienet PACS system forms the heart of the system, receiving
images from every modality in the department. In addition to Siemens
PACS workstations in Radiology and throughout the medical center,
images can be retrieved by or sent to computer workstations from
other manufacturers. The department also maintains several PACSCUBE
high-volume CD burners to provide easily transportable images on
CD, playable on PCs, to locations where dedicated PACS workstations
are not available, including medical conferences.
OFFICE
AUTOMATION
MCIT supports
office automation for the entire medical center including the Department
of Radiology. This system supports the department's administrative
and research efforts by providing word processing, spreadsheet,
image manipulation, desktop publishing, presentation, database,
E-mail, calendaring, file storing and sharing, and various data
communications capabilities.
NETWORKING
Each of the
department's computing systems requires a data communications network
to function. We rely on the hospital’s CISCO-based network
operated by Medical Center Information Technology (MCIT). The networking
infrastructure services the customers for all of the computing systems.
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