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Bridging the communication gap between public and private radiology services
Author(s) -
Chakera Turab,
Nagree Yusuf,
Song Swithin,
Jones Philip
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb03310.x
Subject(s) - dicom , bridging (networking) , private sector , teleradiology , business , picture archiving and communication system , digital imaging , public sector , information sharing , radiology information systems , medicine , telecommunications , health care , medical emergency , computer science , digital image , computer security , radiology , telemedicine , world wide web , political science , image processing , image (mathematics) , artificial intelligence , law
The delay in transfer of imaging studies when a patient moves between hospitals and between public and private systems has been a barrier to expedient and safe patient management. There is also suboptimal reporting when patients have serial imaging undertaken partly in the private sector and partly in the public sector, because of inability to access previous imaging for comparison. Availability of a DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) server enables sharing of health information, including imaging data, across various sites and jurisdictions. In Perth, Western Australia, we have successfully introduced electronic image transfer between five public teaching hospitals and three large private practices with different picture archiving and communication systems.