The department of veterans affairs integration of imaging into the healthcare enterprise using the VistA hospital information system and digital imaging and communications in medicine

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 53-64

  Kuzmak, Peter M ^a   Dayhoff, Ruth E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

DICOM; HIS RIS; PACS

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOLOGY;

DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATION IN MEDICINE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEM;

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0032056401     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03168727     Document Type: Article

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