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RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEM
A radiology information system (RIS) is a computer system that
assists radiology services in the storing, manipulation and retrieving of
information.
RIS were first used in the 1970s and their primary aim was to
manage and store radiology information.
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The introduction of client/server computing, improved digital
imaging and computer network technologies, along with the advancement of the
DICOM and HL7 standards have put RIS along
side picture archiving communication system (PACS) as an ideal solution for
managing radiological images.
Since the 1990s, organisations have taken the steps to fully
integrate PACS with radiology information systems, when the basic features and adapt needed to mange the
acquisition, processing and storage of radiological information, becomes the
responsibility of the RIS.
Some of the areas that can be addressed by radiology information systems are:
- Patient Management: radiology information systems can be used to
manage a patient’s entire workflow within the radiology department, images and
reports can be added to and retrieved from electronic medical records (EMRs)
and viewed by the authorised radiology staff.
- Scheduling: Patient appointments for
inpatients and outpatients can be scheduled when an order is received.
Functions for scheduling the various available radiology staff with the
allocated time slots can also be handled by the radiology information
system.
- Patient Tracking: The patient can be
tracked from admission to discharge, with all the radiology procedures carried
out recorded. This would include the patient’s past, present and future
appointments.
- Results Reporting: Reports concerning
the results of an individual patient, a group of patients or a particular
procedure can be generated using a radiology information
system.
- Film Tracking: Individual films can be
tracked.
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