PMID- 10144827
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19951005
LR  - 20001218
IS  - 0198-7097 (Print)
IS  - 0198-7097 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 3
DP  - 1995 Summer
TI  - Writing a PACS program statement.
PG  - 41-50
AB  - Medical telecommunications is becoming a necessity for maintaining the quality of 
      care and delivering services on a timely basis in the current environment of 
      cutting services and specialists to reduce costs. (Vanden Brink 1994). Picture 
      archiving and communications systems (PACS) and teleradiology are increasingly 
      viable because there is easier connectivity among modalities and manufacturers. 
      Agreement on the DICOM Standard is one step toward greater connectivity. 
      Two-thirds of the 350 radiology administrators, radiologists, hospital 
      administrators and MIS directors interviewed for the 1994 IMACS/PACS Tracking 
      Study believe that the use of image telecommunication technology is growing. In 
      1993, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) formed a committee to evaluate 
      the need for PACS and to compile a program statement. The principal purpose of 
      the program statement is to provide fundamental information that can be 
      understood easily by individuals outside the radiology department. It outlines 
      the benefits of PACS and includes a financial analysis of the purchase and 
      installation of a system. Key elements of the program statement include a 
      description and analysis of the existing film library system, advantages of PACS, 
      implementation plan, financial proforma and integration with the hospital 
      information system. These and other topics are covered in detail in the following 
      article.
FAU - Rowe, W M
AU  - Rowe WM
AD  - Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
FAU - Moffitt, M E
AU  - Moffitt ME
FAU - Bunnell, W J
AU  - Bunnell WJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Radiol Manage
JT  - Radiology management
JID - 8001971
MH  - Computer Communication Networks/*organization & administration
MH  - Forms and Records Control
MH  - Hospital Information Systems/organization & administration
MH  - Hospitals, University
MH  - Information Storage and Retrieval/standards
MH  - Medical Records Systems, Computerized
MH  - Models, Theoretical
MH  - Program Development/methods
MH  - Radiology Department, Hospital/*organization & administration
MH  - Radiology Information Systems/*organization & administration
MH  - *Systems Integration
MH  - Telemedicine
MH  - Tennessee
MH  - United States
EDAT- 1996/02/02 00:00
MHDA- 1996/02/02 00:01
CRDT- 1996/02/02 00:00
PHST- 1996/02/02 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/02/02 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/02/02 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Radiol Manage. 1995 Summer;17(3):41-50.