Creation and Storage of Standards-based Pre-scanning Patient Questionnaires in PACS as DICOM Objects

Radiology departments around the country have completed the first evolution to digital imaging by becoming filmless. The next step in this evolution is to become truly paperless. Both patient and non-patient paperwork has to be eliminated in order for this transition to occur. A paper-based set of p...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of digital imaging 2011-10, Vol.24 (5), p.823-827
Hauptverfasser: Robinson, Tracy J., DuVall, Scott L., Wiggins, Richard H.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Radiology departments around the country have completed the first evolution to digital imaging by becoming filmless. The next step in this evolution is to become truly paperless. Both patient and non-patient paperwork has to be eliminated in order for this transition to occur. A paper-based set of patient pre-scanning questionnaires were replaced with web-based forms for use in an outpatient imaging center. We discuss this process by which questionnaire elements are converted into SNOMED-CT terminology concepts, stored for future use, and sent to PACS in Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) format to be permanently stored with the relevant study in the DICOM image database.
ISSN:0897-1889
1618-727X
DOI:10.1007/s10278-010-9348-8