This book examines the use of state-of-the-art technology to achieve filmless radiology, describing its impact on healthcare systems and providing valuable insights into reengineering healthcare. Sharing expertise developed in implementing Picture Archival and Communications System (PACS) technology capable of supporting filmless radiology, it relates experiences at the Baltimore Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC), the first site to have a fully operational filmless radiology system. The book will provide an overview of filmless radiology with advice on acquiring PAC systems. Also included are sections on its impact on the practice of radiology and the delivery of health care (filmless radiology is central to teleradiology), clinical uses of computed radiography, technological issues, and case studies from both inside and outside the VA system.

Donated by Rachel McCormick. 9/17/2013\\First softcover printing, 2001--T.p. verso.

Current state of the art and future trends / Eliot L. Siegel -- Large-scale PAC systems / Gu?nther Gell and Roger A. Bauman -- Purchasing a PACS : an RFP toolkit / John Perry and Fred Prior -- Impact of medical-legal issues in strategic planning for PACS and teleradiology implementation / Scott B. Berger and Barry B. Cepelewicz -- PACS and productivity / Bruce I. Reiner and Eliot L. Siegel -- Economic analysis of filmless radiology / Charles D. Flagle -- Computed radiographic imaging and artifacts / Charles E. Willis -- Digital radiography / Matthew T. Freedman and Dorothy Steller Artz -- Digital mammography / Matthew T. Freedman ... [et al.] -- Quality assurance and PACS / John C. Weiser -- PACS and the end user : a study of two demanding environments / Stephen M. Pomerantz, Zenon Protopapas, and Eliot L. Siegel -- PACS and training / Zenon Protopapas, Stephen M. Pomerantz, and Michael Wilson -- Clinical aspects of workstation design and operation ; Workstation functions and system capabilities / Steven C. Horii -- Image compression / Mitchell Goldburgh -- DICOM standardiztion / Steven L. Fritz -- Enabling technology : DICOM in the VA's hospital information system / Peter M. Kuzmak and Ruth E. Dayhoff -- PACS and telemedicine in the VA / Rebecca L. Kelly and Robert M. Kolodner -- VA's integrated imaging system : a multispecialty, hospital-wide image storage, retrieval, and communication system / Ruth E. Dayhoff -- Hospital-wide PACS : the Hammersmith solution / Nicola H. Strickland -- PACS in academic medical centers / H.K. Huang.Eliot L. Siegel -- Günther Gell and Roger A. Bauman -- John Perry and Fred Prior -- Scott B. Berger and Barry B. Cepelewicz -- Bruce I. Reiner and Eliot L. Siegel -- Charles D. Flagle -- Charles E. Willis -- Matthew T. Freedman and Dorothy Steller Artz -- Matthew T. Freedman ... [et al.] -- John C. Weiser -- Stephen M. Pomerantz, Zenon Protopapas, and Eliot L. Siegel -- Zenon Protopapas, Stephen M. Pomerantz, and Michael Wilson -- Steven C. Horii -- Mitchell Goldburgh -- Steven L. Fritz -- Peter M. Kuzmak and Ruth E. Dayhoff -- Rebecca L. Kelly and Robert M. Kolodner -- Ruth E. Dayhoff -- Nicola H. Strickland -- H.K. Huang. Current state of the art and future trends / Large-scale PAC systems / Purchasing a PACS : an RFP toolkit / Impact of medical-legal issues in strategic planning for PACS and teleradiology implementation / PACS and productivity / Economic analysis of filmless radiology / Computed radiographic imaging and artifacts / Digital radiography / Digital mammography / Quality assurance and PACS / PACS and the end user : a study of two demanding environments / PACS and training / Clinical aspects of workstation design and operation ; Workstation functions and system capabilities / Image compression / DICOM standardiztion / Enabling technology : DICOM in the VA's hospital information system / PACS and telemedicine in the VA / VA's integrated imaging system : a multispecialty, hospital-wide image storage, retrieval, and communication system / Hospital-wide PACS : the Hammersmith solution / PACS in academic medical centers /