Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), is a medical imaging technology used for storing, retrieving, presenting and sharing images produced by various medical hardware modalities, such as X-ray, CT scan, MRI and ultrasound machines. PACS is widely used in Radiology Departments in hospitals, Diagnostic Centres and Health Systems. In addition to sharing images within hospitals and health systems, a PACS can integrate with external health systems too.
Medical imaging has a standard format called "Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine" (DICOM). DICOM is a protocol that enables the sharing of images and other medical information. DICOM enables PACS technologies, Radiology Information Systems (RIS) to connect with and transfer health data to other healthcare system.
The key features of RadDream PACS are
The radiology specialty is one field of medicine with a very particular interest in PACS software. A radiology PACS is frequently deployed alongside a RIS. A RIS is used to schedule patient appointments and record a patient’s radiology history, where a PACS focuses more on image storage and retrieval. It is not only radiologists who need to be convinced of PACS’s utility and cost-effectiveness, but also referring physicians and hospital administrators.
Hard copy replacement: PACS replaces hard-copy based means of managing medical images, such as film archives. With the decreasing price of digital storage, they provide a growing cost and space advantage over film archives in addition to the instant access to prior images at the same institution. Digital copies are referred to as soft-copy.
Remote access: It expands on the possibilities of conventional systems by providing capabilities of off-site viewing and reporting (distance education, tele diagnosis). It enables practitioners in different physical locations to access the same information simultaneously for tele radiology.
Electronic image integration platform: It provides the electronic platform for radiology images interfacing with other medical automation systems such as Hospital Information System (HIS), Electronic Medical Record (EMR), Practice Management Software, Radiology Information System (RIS), among others.
Benefits to the Radiologist
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