Planning and Management of Picture Archiving and Communication System

• Main Authors: Youn-Jih Chen, 陳永記
• Other Authors: Tse-Sheng Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/19254427697852534056

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 工學院工程管理專班 === 91 === Lately because of the changes of healthcare industry ecology, hospitals which monopolized the healthcare market in the past and now they have encountered great competing pressure. How to enhance management strategies and raise the profit are the key issues for many hospital administrators. To promote healthcare services strength by information technology for hospital management is one of the principal approaches. With the development of computer and network technology, degradation of mass storage costing, and the mature technique of medical many hospitals are trying to apply the Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) as a part of the Hospital Information System (HIS). Although there are some successful cases, but some are failures. Since the investment of establishing a fully PACS is enormously, many hospitals are still keeping hold of hesitation. The purpose of this study is to plan a Picture Archiving and Communication System for a large-scale hospital. Considerations in both technique and management are studied. System planning includes system operation flow, structure design, specification of hardware requirements and software functions, database design, integration of information system, system stability and security. System management emphasizes on database security, the management of image storage and transferring, networks quality and security control, remote mass storage media management, and the integration of the patient care. The benefit and economic effect of this system were analyzed. Related applications of the PACS in Electronic Patient Record (EPR) and telemedicine and healthcare Pre-examination Operation were also discussed.