In 1995, I worked as a junior doctor on the wards in medicine. I often performed an ECG on patients with acute chest pain. Interestingly, even back then the ECG graph was accompanied by a machine-generated clinical interpretation or ECG report, eg left bundle branch block, myocardial infarction etc. These interpretations helped the inexperienced junior […]
Dr Neelam Dugar
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
As the science of medicine becomes more complex, patients are increasingly being treated in clinical networks (rather than in one single institution), eg cancer networks, trauma networks etc. Therefore instant access to images within regional cancer networks is essential for safe patient care. Radiology images are stored within each NHS hospital within their local PACS […]
Dr Neelam Dugar
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Despite the bad press over recent IT failures, many of us firmly believe changing IT systems such as PACS is critical for the NHS for many reasons. Modern PACS systems: a. Are built on modern platforms that are more agile, and faster b. Have the ability to integrate with other IT systems using web-based standards […]
Dr Neelam Dugar
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust