Can organisational culture adapt?
Wednesday, July 27, 2005 Robert Shaw, Head of Information Management and Technology, The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, asks what is best for patients. A main benefit of PACS is the near instantaneous access to radiological images in wards, clinics, theatres and beyond into primary care. Benefits can be harvested from this access however, does it actually change the culture to the benefit of the patient? Simultaneous access The major drawback of film (and paper for that matter) is that it can only be in one place at one time. This makes access to films across multiple sites and access by multiple users simultaneously impossible without reprinting. Rendering images electronically in a PACS system has allowed simultaneous access for clinicians. As a multi-site trust, this has delivered a significant change. Clinicians had to spend time returning to sites to view film or have the films transported across the City. With PACS, this has changed significantly consultants are able to
27 July 2005 Robert Shaw, Head of Information Management and Technology, The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, asks what is best for patients. A main benefit of PACS is the near instantaneous access to radiological images in wards, clinics, theatres and beyond into primary care. Benefits can be harvested from this access however, does it actually change the culture to the benefit of the patient? Simultaneous access The major drawback of film (and paper for that matter) is that it can only be in one place at one time. This makes access to films across multiple sites and access by multiple users simultaneously impossible without reprinting. Rendering images electronically in a PACS system has allowed simultaneous access for clinicians. As a multi-site trust, this has delivered a significant change. Clinicians had to spend time returning to sites to view film or have the films transported across the City. With PACS, this has changed significantly consultants are able to access from
