Special report: RIS and imaging
As PACS and RIS have advanced, and as the needs of the market have evolved, the separate but complementary roles of each are becoming blurrier. Claire Read reports.
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Imaging and pathology IT restored at Barts Health
Imaging has finally been restored at Barts Health NHS Trust, nine days after a computer failure downed several IT systems.
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Barts Health has pathology and imaging IT crash
The largest trust in the country has suffered a huge IT failure affecting its pathology and imaging systems, which is now into its sixth day.
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Healthcare IT news in brief
Birmingham Dental signs with Agfa
Birmingham Dental Hospital has signed a five-year contract to implement Agfa HealthCare’s Enterprise Imaging unified management platform.
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Gateshead completes imaging refresh
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust has completed the implementation of a picture archiving and communications system and a radiology information system, both from Carestream, and a vendor neutral archive from BridgeHead Software.
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Made to measure
Dose monitoring should deliver many benefits, but it’s proving hard to sell to NHS trusts. Kim Thomas reports ahead of the annual meeting of the UK Imaging Informatics Group this autumn.
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South west trusts reap PACS benefits
Five trusts in the South West of England are beginning to reap the benefits of a new Insignia picture archiving and communications system.
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Face reconstruction in 3D printing show
Surgeons at Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board are using 3D printing to reconstruct a patient’s face.
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Peer review to improve care
Radiologist peer review should be used to improve care rather than measure performance or identify underperforming radiologists, the Radiological Society of North America 2013 conference heard on Monday.
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