The design and development of a physician-oriented PACS for the enhancement of e-hospital facilities

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 836-847

  Yu, Tzu Yi ^a   Ho, Hsu Hua ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Puli Christian Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

e Hospital; Health information infrastructure; Picture archiving and communication system (PACS)

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

CHRISTIAN; CT AND ULTRASOUNDS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENTS; E-HOSPITAL; EFFICIENT; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; HEALTH INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; HOSPITAL SERVICES; MEDICAL DIAGNOSES; MEDICAL IMAGES; MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS; NETWORK BANDWIDTHS; PACS SYSTEMS; PICTURE ARCHIVING; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (PACS);

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 54149107613     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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