The Choice to Go Digital: A Guideline for Using PACS in Countries Receptive to Technology

Author

Ortiz-Posadas, M. ; Garcia-Porres, J. ; Lemus-Martinez, C.

Author_Institution

Univ. Autonoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

3601

Lastpage

3604

Abstract

Countries receptive to technology are those who absorb and adapt knowledge coming from developed countries. Their capability for assimilating technology depends on factors related with the availability of facilities, financial resources and even, cultural differences. In order to prevent adverse events in the usage of the technology, it is important to analyze and to evaluate these factors. The objective of this work was to identify and to analyze the elements involved in the performance and use of a PACS, and to provide a guideline for its implementation in healthcare systems of countries receptive to technology based on the use of PACS in Mexico.

Keywords

PACS; health care; medical computing; Mexico; PACS; healthcare system; Buildings; Cities and towns; Cultural differences; Guidelines; Hospitals; Investments; Medical services; Performance analysis; Picture archiving and communication systems; Radiology; Biotechnology; Mexico; Models, Organizational; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Radiographic Image Enhancement; Radiology Information Systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353110

Filename

4353110