Wireless-PDA-controlled image workflow from PACS: the next trend in the health care enterprise?

Stephan G. Erberich; Jorge Documet; Michael Z. Zhou; Fei Cao; Brent J. Liu; Greg T. Mogel; H. K. Huang

doi:10.1117/12.481934

19 May 2003 Wireless-PDA-controlled image workflow from PACS: the next trend in the health care enterprise?

Stephan G. Erberich, Jorge Documet, Michael Z. Zhou, Fei Cao, Brent J. Liu, Greg T. Mogel, H. K. Huang

Proceedings Volume 5033, Medical Imaging 2003: PACS and Integrated Medical Information Systems: Design and Evaluation; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.481934
Event: Medical Imaging 2003, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Image workflow in today's Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) is controlled from fixed Display Workstations (DW) using proprietary control interfaces. A remote access to the Hospital Information System (HIS) and Radiology Information System (RIS) for urgent patient information retrieval does not exist or gradually become available. The lack for remote access and workflow control for HIS and RIS is especially true when it comes to medical images of a PACS on Department or Hospital level. As images become more complex and data sizes expand rapidly with new image techniques like functional MRI, Mammography or routine spiral CT to name a few, the access and manageability becomes an important issue. Long image downloads or incomplete work lists cannot be tolerated in a busy health care environment. In addition, the domain of the PACS is no longer limited to the imaging department and PACS is also being used in the ER and emergency care units. Thus a prompt and secure access and manageability not only by the radiologist, but also from the physician becomes crucial to optimally utilize the PACS in the health care enterprise of the new millennium. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a concept and its implementation of a remote access and workflow control of the PACS combining wireless, Internet and Internet2 technologies. A wireless device, the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), is used to communicate to a PACS web server that acts as a gateway controlling the commands for which the user has access to the PACS server. The commands implemented for this test-bed are query/retrieve of the patient list and study list including modality, examination, series and image selection and pushing any list items to a selected DW on the PACS network.

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Stephan G. Erberich, Jorge Documet, Michael Z. Zhou, Fei Cao, Brent J. Liu, Greg T. Mogel, and H. K. Huang "Wireless-PDA-controlled image workflow from PACS: the next trend in the health care enterprise?", Proc. SPIE 5033, Medical Imaging 2003: PACS and Integrated Medical Information Systems: Design and Evaluation, (19 May 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.481934

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Picture Archiving and Communication System

Personal digital assistants

Medicine

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