Use of miniPACS technology in ultrasound: the potential for productivity improvement

Steven C. Horii M.D.; Eric R. Feingold; Beverly Coleman; Peter H. Arger; Jill Langer; Jill Jacobs; Harvey Nisenbaum; Susan Rowling; Sridhar B. Seshadri

doi:10.1117/12.208783

12 May 1995 Use of miniPACS technology in ultrasound: the potential for productivity improvement

Steven C. Horii M.D., Eric R. Feingold, Beverly Coleman, Peter H. Arger, Jill Langer, Jill Jacobs, Harvey Nisenbaum, Susan Rowling, Sridhar B. Seshadri

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Proceedings Volume 2435, Medical Imaging 1995: PACS Design and Evaluation: Engineering and Clinical Issues; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208783
Event: Medical Imaging 1995, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Two approaches were taken to evaluating the potential for productivity improvement that could result from use of a miniPACS in the ultrasound section. First, a time-motion study was carried out on conventional, non-networked ultrasound machines to determine the amount of time that sonographers spend handling film. A component of this was also the darkroom time and was separately measured. Second, a field trial of an ultrasound system that incorporated centralized printing techniques was done. The first study showed a mean film handling time of 28.3 seconds per film (standard deviation: 11.4 seconds) and a darkroom time (not processing time) of 16.3 seconds per film (standard deviation: 4.2 seconds). Expanding these to multiple films per study and multiple studies per sonographer shows that elimination of film handling by `partial PACS' centralized printing or `miniPACS' for ultrasound can result in additional sonographer time available for examinations, or reductions in sonographer overtime.

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Steven C. Horii M.D., Eric R. Feingold, Beverly Coleman, Peter H. Arger, Jill Langer, Jill Jacobs, Harvey Nisenbaum, Susan Rowling, and Sridhar B. Seshadri "Use of miniPACS technology in ultrasound: the potential for productivity improvement", Proc. SPIE 2435, Medical Imaging 1995: PACS Design and Evaluation: Engineering and Clinical Issues, (12 May 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208783

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