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Radiology integration within Northern Ireland

The key to the success of health systems is achieving both clinical and technical integration. Emerging evidence shows that this improves outcomes, provides a more patient-centric view, delivers opportunities for financial savings and can assist in managing the demands on resources. Integration improves patient care by delivering more ubiquitous access to clinical information for the […]

Nicky Harvey, Joanne Allison

Business Services Organisation Information Technology Services, HSCNI

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PACS procurement

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

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Electronic transfer of radiology reports to other hospitals and general practitioners

Compared to most clinical specialities, radiology has extensive, mature and sophisticated information technology support. Given this, it is perhaps surprising that transmission of radiology reports is not yet a routine electronic process. In fact, the only information flow in the UK from hospitals to general practitioners that is universally and exclusively electronic is for laboratory […]

Dr Philip Scott

University of Portsmouth

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