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has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Can a Ris/Pacs System Really Improve Execution and Reporting Times?

  AUTHORS: Antonella Tronchi, Claudia Moretti, Luigi Oncini, Roberto Murri

  KEYWORDS: Radiology Information System (RIS), X-Rays (XR), Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

  JOURNAL NAME: Intelligent Information Management, Vol.2 No.3, March 31, 2010

  ABSTRACT: A study of the process timing and organization has been done in a Radiology Department where Radiology Information System (RIS) and Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) are working. The workflow times have been directly read from RIS database. In particular, Execution and Reporting steps were considered. Afterwards, data have been analyzed through a statistical elaboration and results were compared with data, coming from studies performed on similar process, collected with a stopwatch method. Possible “bottlenecks” can be evidenced in the process structure. Moreover, comparing hospitals with the same RIS/PACS system, different internal organization is emphasized.