On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:23, 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?
I do
>
> 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?
If it is MRI I can be quite lost
>
> 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
Yes, I have some of those. and a freebie DICOM viewer on my desktop. No one
else in the practice has asked to have the software installed yet.
>
> 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
>
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