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Purpose: Patient data are increasingly distributed betweenhospitals using CD-ROMs instead of actual films. Thisintroduces problems because different viewers fromdifferent vendors are provided, and sometimes viewersare unusable because local software installation is notallowed. In 2004,we started to facilitate the incorporationof CD-ROM data into the normal workflow of the hospitalby using commercially available software to performpatient reconciliation based on the DICOM(digital imagingand communication in medicine) modality worklist. Thepurpose of the current study is to evaluate this newprocedure. Methods and Materials: A questionnaire wassent to all users to evaluate the satisfaction with thecurrent facility and to evaluate possible improvements.Several quality parameters on speed and satisfactionwere rated on a 5-point scale (1=bad to 5=excellent).Results: Replies from 17 different respondents wereevaluated, accounting for an average of 76 CD-ROMsper week. Mean (median) results showed a score of3.6 (4) for handling time, 3.4 (4) for archival of secondopinion data, 3.8 (median 4) for archival of externaldata onto the web server, and 4.5 (median 5) for theoverall performance of the current procedure. Conclusion:Although some improvements can be made,storage of the study data from CDs from outpatientsinto PACS (picture archiving and communication system)and web server already provides for an existingneed. Using this service, physicians can access the
data with ease and familiarity. User satisfaction with
the provided solution is high.
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