Digital Medical Imaging

Paper Summary:

In this article, the writer notes that during the past few decades, advances in healthcare have emerged, as new forms of technological integration have been implemented as part of the overall healthcare management system. The writer points out that healthcare providers, doctors and patients require more technological integration into the system providing real time data analysis and the possibility of enhancing medical knowledge. The writer notes that advances such as the possibility of faster, more efficient and effective healthcare are at the forefront of medicine, as digital imaging sees no boundaries for the future of healthcare. The writer concludes that the available research on digital medical imaging indicates that as improvements in health care become more necessary and evident, the technology will continue to improve the standards of health care for all individuals.

Outline:
Origin
Introduction into Healthcare
Impact on Healthcare
Pros and Cons
Advancements for the Future of Healthcare

From the Paper:

"Digital medical imaging has several impacts on current healthcare services. Today, DIACOM is the ubiquitous standard in radiology and imaging industry for the exchange and management of images and image related information. Currently, in addition to the most basic DIACOM service, image transmission, a number of advanced services also exist. There is a DIACOM image archive service that allows images to be searched in a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) by certain patient information, such as date the images were created and modality. These pictures are downloadable from the archive. DIACOM also offers a print service that allows for access to laser cameras or printers over a network so that multiple modalities and workstations can share printers. Another advanced service is a DIACOM modality worklist service that facilitates an automatically downloadable up-to-date worklist that includes the patient demographic data from the information system to the modality."

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