HIS-PACS Coupling In Practice

SPIE Medical Imaging 50th anniversary: history of the Picture Archiving and Communication Systems Conference

“… 172 – 175 Multiple papers described radiology information systems (RIS) and their important link to PACS functionality. 176 – 178 Several papers evaluated cost. 179 – 184 Figure 1 (bottom) shows the distribution of the sum of topics during the 1980s.…”

Implementation aspects of image management, archiving, and communication systems in routine clinical use

“…3 We went through many stages, pitfalls, discouragements, and successes. We learned a lot from our hands-on experience from this project, which proved to be extremely useful in defining the next stages in wider implementation and growth.…”

“…[1][2][3] The partners, Utrecht University Hospital (UUH), BAZIS Hospital Information Systems, and Philips Medical Systems, signed a contract for 3 years (July 1986 to July 1989). The manpower was financed by a grant from the Dutch Ministry of Health.…”