Economic analysis of a filmless system based on the hospital information system

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 84, Issue , 2001, Pages 1166-1170

  Kurihara, Yukio ^a   Yoshida, Shoji ^a   Geshi, Hiroyuki ^b   Kubo, Yoshihiko ^b   Kitazoe, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economics; Filmless; Hospital information system; Hospital wide PACS; Radiology information system

Indexed keywords

CATHODE RAY TUBES; CATHODES; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; UNIX;

DIAGNOSTIC RESOLUTION; FILMLESS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITAL-WIDE PACS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (LAN); MINIMIZING THE NUMBER OF; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (PACS); RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEM;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MICROCOMPUTER; X RAY FILM;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MICROCOMPUTERS; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 84888017161     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-928-8-1166     Document Type: Conference Paper

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