I have recently done a locum in Broome
They send films electronically to Perth for reporting and I get an
electronic copy of the report - no films even though there are physical
films as the hospital still has fairly basic X ray technology. I can ask
for them but the system is not set up for this. There were several cases
where I wanted to see the actual films - checking position of fractures
for example. The Radiologists are generally unable to give a reliable
opinion on this. In many other cases I dont even look at the hard copy
(eg ultrasound). It might be worth trying to nail down what images are
required by what proportion of Drs. I understand many plain films
nowadays remain entirely electronic - a hard copy is never generated.
R
Peter MacIsaac wrote:
Simon,
IHE are demonstrating this year a new profile for image management in
reports and image directories.
The key question is what quality of images do non procedural GPs and
Specialists want. If they want full capability DICOM diagnostic imaging then
do they have the quality of monitors and graphics to display and manipulate
images.
As always getting a handle on what is required should come a little ahead of
the technological solutions.
Another sleeper is the capacity of internet communication to allow multiple
doctors to hit the image storage sites of any particular radiologist.
Radiologists have indicated that bandwidth is a real problem currently -
they have to put up with the same level of broadband offering as the rest of
Australian business.
Regards
Peter MacIsaac
MacIsaac Informatics
www.macisaacinformatics.org
Consulting in Health Informatics, Terminology & Data management and Health
Policy.
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-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Simon James
Sent: Tuesday, 5 September 2006 9:42 AM
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Subject: [GPCG_TALK] DDI FIT + MD3
Hi Oliver,
I'm in the early stages of writing a short article on this technology but am
certainly no expert.
My understanding is...
The radiology provider needs to be hooked up with DDI technology and pays
for the privilege. MD3 marketing material indicates that it is free to the
Dr as you would expect.
I'm not currently aware of other practice software that interact with DDI
FIT, but the images can be viewed in IE6 using the encrypted URL embedded in
the report. Technically this should mean that most software vendors could
get at least basic integration going pretty quickly.
The following sample report from DDI...
http://www.ddihealth.com.au/demo/chest_Carolina_Schein.hl7
... has the following FIT URL embedded:
https://fitdemo.ddihealth.com/MTImageDisplay.asp?ShowRISPK=0900055598004
If doctors on this list have been using FIT+MD3 and would be happy to
provide input into the article, I'd be happy to hear from them off-list.
Regards,
Simon
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