I must admit I like looking at the images on the CD. It usually comes with the viewer already on the CD. It is most educative looking at the dye of a CT angiogram flowing through the arteries and the magnificent definition of the tissues obtained by the new generation CT machines. I try to give all the films to the patient to keep. CDs left by the patient at our surgery take up less space than traditional films. If it's a choice between XR films and CDs I prefer the latter. They take up less space.
Rob Hosking wrote: > My feeling is it depends on the situation. > In an acute situation (injury with possible fracture or unwell person > with possible pneumonia)- then I want images (preferably films for now, > as I don't have a high resolution monitor) to look at immediately. > For the less urgent situations, I mainly want a quality report that > addresses the questions I raised in the clinical notes section of the > request. If those questions weren't addressed, then I may want to view > the images to see if I can answer those questions by my interpretation > of the images, or decide whether to ask for a further report from the > radiologist. Sometimes I may want to view the images to see an unusual > or unexpected report. In these situations, I, like Les, think there > should be a web link to the images. This web link should be within the > report and a single click should be all that is required. It should be > independent of the clinical software used. It needs to be secure at both > ends (one radiology company has asked us to open ports on our firewall > to allow us to view their images). The image should be linked to other > images for that patient for comparison (and have reports attached). > When referring patients to specialists, it would be useful to be able to > point the specialist to the web link and they could then view it with > their computer (chuckle,chuckle). > I have looked at one CD once at found it too cumbersome to navigate and > never tried again. > Regards > Rob Hosking > GP Bacchus Marsh, Vic > > Peter MacIsaac wrote: > > >>Peter, >> >>Not suggesting we should get the report on CD (but if there is a set of >>images on the CD so should the report be also!) >> >>This is about what do different groups of doctors expect in relation to DI >>images. >> >>1. Who looks at the films patients bring in? >> >>2. Who struggles with trying to interpret the image in the consultation and >>would like an example image (even with an arrow pointing to pathology if not >>clearly obvious) - perhaps one or two representative low resolution images >>attached to the electronic report or accessible via URL? >> >>3. Who would really like a full DICOM image so that they can view it on a >>high res. Monitor, play with the contrast etc and see what the radiologist >>can see. - report quality >> >>Clearly there will be some situations where all of the above are required. >>Just trying to get a sense of what most GPs want in the first instance and >>also whether the CD images sent by DI practices are useful or better used as >>"drink coasters" >> >> >>Regards >> >>Peter MacIsaac >>MacIsaac Informatics >> >>Consulting in Health Informatics, Terminology & Data management and Health >>Policy. >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>0411403462 (mobile) >>61611327 (office) >>peter_macisaac (skype) >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>On Behalf Of Peter Machell >>Sent: Saturday, 8 April 2006 11:25 PM >>To: General Practice Computing Group Talk >>Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] Using Radiology Image CDs as drink coasters >> >>Using CDs is a step backwards from electronically delivered results. >>Any computer component with moving parts will be phased out within a >>few short years. >> >>Peter. >>_______________________________________________ >>Gpcg_talk mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Gpcg_talk mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Gpcg_talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
