Radiology Information System (RIS) Presented by: Safa Fathi Amini, MD

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Radiology Information System (RIS)

Presented by: Safa Fathi Amini, MD

21st Iranian Congress of Radiology

Tehran, 17-20 Jan, 2006

Rayavaran Co.CIS/HIS/RIS Solutions

“Selecting the right Radiology Information System (RIS) is one of the most important decisions that will ever be made regarding your

department.”Randall Swearingen, Swearingen Software, Inc., Houston, Tex.

Radiology Information System (RIS)Radiology Information System (RIS)

21st Iranian Congress of Radiology, Tehran, 17-20 Jan, 2006

•Introduction

•Components•Scheduling•Patient Man.•Tracking•Reporting•Integration•Department Man.•Research•Security•Database

•Purchase•Validity•Reliability•Hardware•Standards•Old Data•Implementation•Training/Acceptance•Maintenance•Finance•Future developments

•References and links

Recent Advancements in Computer Technology

• Computer network technologies

• Digital imaging

• Electronic Patient Record (EPR)

• DICOM and HL7 standards

• Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS)

•Introduction

Functional Areas

•Introduction

Patient Management

Department Management

Procedure Management

Outcome

Efficiency

Expenses

•Introduction

Components

•Introduction

Tracking

Reporting

Integration

Security Database

Research

DepartmentMan.

PatientMan.

Scheduling

• Integrated• Admission

• Staff/stock management

• HIS scheduling

• Smart “Rules-based”• Automatic sequencing

• Alerts/conflicts/duplicate requests

• Appointment letters/prep instructions

•Introduction

Scheduling

• Customers:

• Referring physiciansANDtheir office staff

• Patients

Does your system say in effect:

•Introduction

“Use our competitors!”

Patient Management

• Admission / Billing

• HIS integration

• Images / Reports

• PACS integration

• EPR

•Introduction

The entire patient workflow

Tracking

• Patient

• Progress

• Location

• Report• Status

• Film

•Introduction

Reporting

• PACS integration

• Voice recognition/Transcription

• Word processing

• Free format text

• Pre-defined result text and codes

• MS Office integration

•Introduction

Integration/Interfacing• PACS

• HIS/EPR

• Others

• Primary care

• Remote requesting

• Pharmacy

• Equipment engineering

• Stock management

•Introduction

•References and linksBi-directional

Department Management

•Introduction

Equipment•maintenance schedule

•logging

•maintenance days

Stock•pharmacy integration

•warehouse integration

•re-ordering flags

•consumables decrease

Staff•worklists

•shifts

•leaves

•rooms

Reports•statistical

•billing

•payrolls

Research facilities

• Keyword search

• Custom reports

• Statistical software

• Data mining

•Introduction

Security• Access levels/Access lists

• Access logging

• Audit reports

•Introduction

Data Integrity

Database

• Scheduled backup

• Crash recovery measures

• Database maintenance

•Introduction

Data Integrity

Purchase Considerations• Validity

• Reliability

• Other considerations• Hardware

• Standards

• Old Data

• Implementation

• Training/Acceptance

• Maintenance

• Finance

• Future developments

•Introduction

Validity

• Are the necessary components there?

• Will this new software improve my workflow?

•Introduction

Do I really need this one and only this one?

Reliability

• Will this software ensure my data integrity?

• Will this software ensure my workflow integrity?

•Introduction

Can I trust it?

Hardware

• Network

• Workstations

• Peripherals (printer, scanner, barcode reader,…)

• Integration with existing PACS

• Other requirements (UPS/Air conditioning)

•Introduction

Standards

• HL7

• DICOM

• Other standards

•Introduction

Do I really need them?

Present/Old Data

• Old RIS

• Existing HIS

•Introduction

What will happen to my existing data?

Implementation

• Hardware/equipment

• Software

• Integration

• PACS/HIS/EPR

• Startup data

• Code tables

•Introduction

Training / Acceptance

• Training

• Strategy

• Package

• Acceptance

• Ease of use

• Switching from old systems

•Introduction

Maintenance

• System availability

• Support availability

• Response time

• Resolution of problems

• Unacceptable downtime

•Introduction

Will they be there for me

24 / 7 ?

Finance

• Capital purchase

• Operating lease

• Managed service

•Introduction

Future Developments

• Updates

• Upgrades

•Introduction

•Components•Patient Man.•Scheduling•Tracking•Reporting•Integration•Department Man.•Research•Security•Database

References and Links• Nogah Haramati, MD, PACS and RIS: Approaches to Integration,

Journal of Healthcare Information Management, vol. 14, no. 3, Fall 2000, HIMSS

• Rowe WM, Moffitt ME, Bunnell WJ, Scheduling: if your RIS cannot, perhaps your HIS can , Radiol Manage. 1995 Spring;17(2):35-41, [PMID: 10143135]

• Rowe WM, Radiology information systems help radiology departments operate more efficiently, Radiol Manage. 1993 Summer;15(3):38-41, [PMID: 10127657]

• Rowe WM, Upgrading a radiology information system, Radiol Manage. 1990 Spring;12(2):24-8, , [PMID: 10105540 ]

• Swearingen R, Demystifying radiology information systems, Radiol Manage. 2000 Sep-Oct;22(5):52-6, [PMID: 11151323]

• Nanni M, Carnassale R, Napoli M, Campioni P, Marano P, Information systems in the management of the radiology department,, Rays. 2003 Jan-Mar;28(1):63-72, [PMID: 14509180]

• Andrew Forrest, Electronic Records Development and Implementation Programme – Cornwall PEG Project, 31 December 2002

References and Links• Board of Faculty of Clinical Radiology, The Royal College of Radiologists,

Clinical Radiology and Electronic Records, 2002, ISBN 1 872599 78 8, RCR Ref No BFCR(02)3, http://www.rcr.ac.uk/docs/radiology/other/Clinical%20Radiology%20and%20Elecronic%20Records.html

• John S. Webster, Solving the Data Sharing Dilemma, April 2005, www.Healthimaging.com

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• Link to this presentation: Radiology Information System (RIS), http://www.rayavaran.com/articles

•Introduction

•Components•Patient Man.•Scheduling•Tracking•Reporting•Integration•Department Man.•Research•Security•Database

www.Rayavaran.com

safa@Rayavaran.com

Radiology Information System (RIS)

21st Iranian Congress of Radiology

Tehran, 17-20 Jan, 2006

Rayavaran Co.CIS/HIS/RIS Solutions

Radiology Information System (RIS) Presented by: Safa Fathi Amini, MD

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