Models of information systems devoted to medical-imaging labs: an experience in the CNR Clinical Physiology Institute
by Ezio Maria Ferdeghini, Alberto Macerata, Antonio Benassi
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (IJBET), Vol. 4, No. 4, 2010

Abstract: At the end of the 1990s, the SPERIGEST project, supported by the Italian Health Ministry, and fully developed at the Institute of Clinical Physiology, established an operative integrated clinical and healthcare information system. Continuously evolving and dynamically optimising procedures and protocols solve problems of: harmonisation of instrumentation of different brands; management of multimedia data provided by different medical imaging labs; satisfaction of both clinical and research needs; legal and economical requirements; user-friendship of the system. A ten years experience shows positive approach by medical and healthcare operators, coordinated activity, higher efficiency, simplified procedures, major concentration on medical decision-making.

Online publication date: Thu, 30-Sep-2010

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