Teleradiology Slowly Being Embraced By British Hospitals

I found this news report surprising … only half the hospitals in Britain have access to a PACS system? I haven’t lived in Britain for twenty years or more, so I don’t really know what the NHS system is like any more. But I thought this kind of technology is pretty basic in most Western hospitals.

Around half the hospitals in England now use a digital system which allows radiologists and doctors to access all images, including CT, MRI and X-ray, on a computer screen. Doctors and nurses on the wards, A&E or outpatients can view images instantaneously and get a quick second opinion from a radiologist looking at the same image on a screen in their office.

Written by David on May 30th, 2007 with no comments.
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