Picture archiving and communication system in China: the development, problem, and integrating strategy with IHE
文摘
The history of PACS is short in years but already long in achievements. The idea of a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and a filmless hospital was created in the early 1980s. In a PACS environment, images are acquired, read, communicated, and stored digitally [H. Fu, Picture Archiving and Communication System; Textbook/Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Press, 1997; . This study was performed to evaluate the situation, problem, and healthcare integrating encountered in the implementation of a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) in various clinical settings in the radiology department and hospital in People's Republic of China.