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Work Flow Redesign

The Key to Success When Using PACS

Eliot Siegel1,2 and Bruce Reiner1,2,3

1 Department of Radiology, VA Maryland Health Care System, 10 N. Greene St., Baltimore, MD 21201.
2 Department of Radiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 S. Greene St., Baltimore, MD 21201.
3 Department of Radiology, Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, 801 Middleford Rd., Seaford, DE 19973.



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  		Fig. 1. —Flow chart for ordering, acquisition, reporting, and review of inpatient chest radiograph using conventional film-based radiography system shows 59 steps involving 11 hospital staff members.

 


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  		Fig. 2. —Redesigned flow chart for ordering, acquisition, reporting, and review of inpatient chest radiograph using picture archiving and communication system (PACS) shows 50 fewer steps by seven fewer staff members when compared with conventional film-based radiography system.

 

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