Providing complete multimedia patient data to consulting radiologists, other specialists, and the referring clinician

Abstract

The Integrated Imaging System has been developed to provide complete patient data in an integrated manner that facilitates the clinician's decision making. Images and associated text data are available any time throughout the hospital on Windows-based workstations that are interfaced to the main hospital system in a client-server architecture. The system handles high quality image data from cardiology, pulmonary and gastrointestinal medicine, pathology, radiology, hematology, and nuclear medicine, as well as textual reports from the hospital information system, scanned documents and electrocardiograms. The system improves the quality of patient care, enhances clinician's communication, and is used at conferences, morning report and during ward rounds.