Hi I have been involved in an amount of discussion recently with various clinical specialties about what they should be storing in terms of acquired clinical data. Various types of images are particularly topical, be they from radiology, theatres, ophthalmology or gastro for example.
There is a pre-disposition to save whatever is acquired simply because they can but this puts all sorts of stress on the technological solutions that may be available. We have a single operating theatre that is capable of producing 6Tbytes per annum. I find that the clinical areas are really seeking some guidance and I have been progressing this up to exec. I am interested if anyone has done any work in this area or whether their organisations have policy or guidance documents that are designed to assist in the decision making process. The paediatric setting has its own set of challenges (cardiac echos needing to be stored for 35 years as an example) but I am keen to hear from anyone on the subject Thanks Adrian Richards
