UK dose registry ‘at planning stage’
The UK is a world leader in radiation dose monitoring, but work on a national dose registry is still at a planning stage.
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National meta-data standards needed
Developing national meta-data standards to index imaging data and other documents is critical to improving compatibility and integration between systems, experts have said.
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PACS exits take longer than expected
Too many trusts exiting their national PACS/RIS systems contracts are leaving “time-critical tasks” to the end of their exit plans, the Health and Social Care Information Centre has said.
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PACS managers up for education
Eight out of ten PACS managers would be willing to undergo official education for their role if it was made available, a survey discovered.
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Trusts warned to get procurement right
Bidders are becoming more likely to challenge procurement decisions they don’t like, UKRC heard last week.
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NHS urged to use IT safety standards
Trusts should adhere to patient safety standards when implementing new IT systems, a safety expert from the Health and Social Care Information Centre has argued.
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Reporting the future
Trusts are busy contracting for new PACS and RIS systems; but will the radiologists of the future be cooped up like battery hens, reporting from remote terminals? Kim Thomas reports from UKRC.
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Radiologists ‘face battery hen future’
Outsourcing powered by technology will be the death of radiology as we know it in this country, a debate at UKRC concluded.
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Group to investigate dose info demands
A stakeholder group is to be convened to identify the information about radiation doses that trusts need to gather automatically, UKRC heard.
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UKRC debates dose monitoring registry
How to implement radiation dose monitoring for the UK population will be discussed at UKRC next week.
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