CONTENTS
Foreword xiii
Preface xv
Contributors xvii
Acknowledgements xix
About the Author xxi
Abbreviations xxiii
Chapter 1 Informatics in
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What is Imaging Informatics? 1
History and Development 1
Human Factors 4
Chapter 2 Basic IT for Radiographers 7
Hardware 7
Software 15
Chapter 3 Image Acquisition 19
Single Image Modalities 19
Multi-Slice Modalities 20
Hybrid Modalities 21
Specialist Applications 21
Engineering 26
Chapter 4 PACS, Vendor Neutral Archives and
Picture Storage 27
Picture Archiving and Communication Systems 27
Components 29
Image Lifecycle Management 30
Deconstructed PACS and Open Source PACS 31
VNA 32
Supplier Neutral Archives 33
Enterprise Archives 33
Image Viewing 33
Importing and Exporting Images to a PACS 34
Differences Between Departmental PACS 35
Housekeeping 36
Chapter 5 RIS, MPI and other Text Systems 39
Radiology Information System 39
Master Patient Index 42
Electronic Patient Record 44
eRequesting 44
Dose Management/Dose Monitoring Software 44
National Healthcare Numbers (National Patient Identifiers) 45
Wider NHS Services 47
Chapter 6 Integrating with other Systems 49
Towards the Interoperability of Clinical
Information Systems: A History 50
Achieving Interoperability 54
Infrastructure Decisions/Options 55
Key Building Blocks of Interoperability 59
Current Flows (with Limited Interoperability) 60
Current Common Information Flows for Patients Needing Diagnostics 60
Conceptual Future Interoperability Flows 62
Chapter 7 Image Reporting and Interpretation 73
Core Functions of Reporting 73
Clinical Decision Support Input 74
Informal Commenting and Alerting at Acquisition 75
Reporting and Productivity Tools 76
Modern Imaging Informatics Processes 82
Chapter 8 DICOM 85
History and Development 85
The Function of DICOM 86
Common DICOM Terms 87
Basic DICOM File Movement Operations 89
Conformance Statements 90
Modality Performed Procedure Step 91
Composite Instances
The DICOM File 91
The DICOM Header 92
UIDs 92
Public Tags versus Private Tags 94
Photometric Interpretations 96
Viewing DICOM Images Outside of PACS 96
Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing for Imaging 97
Principles of XDS-I 98
Chapter 9 HL7 101
History and Development 101
The Function of HL7 103
Inside a HL7 Message 103
Message Types 105
IHE 106
FHIR 106
Chapter 10 Data Sharing and Teleradiology 107
History of Radiological Image Sharing 108
Methods of Sharing Radiological Images 108
Reasons for Sharing Radiological Data 109
Electronic Sharing Methods 109
The National Image Exchange Portal 112
Regional Sharing 112
North-West PACS Portal 113
Teleradiology 113
Chapter 11 QA and Medical Physics Considerations 115
Display Monitors 115
Reporting Environment 118
Staff 120
Business Continuity 121
Disaster Recovery 122
Image Acquisition Faults 123
Testing
Chapter 12 Clinicians’ Information Needs:
A Clinician’s Perspective 127
The Patient Journey: Radiographers as Producers,
Clinicians as Consumers 128
Traditional Medical Practice 132
Modern Medical Practice 133
Patient’s Evolving Consumer Profile 136
Evolving Patient Profile 136
Evolving Producers 137
Current Frustrations 138
Image Sharing 138
The Ideal Relationship 140
Chapter 13 Informatics and the Wider
Commissioning Environment 141
Public Sector Procurement 141
Procurement Overview 142
Restricted Procedure and Competitive Dialogue Procedure 145
Output-Based Specification 148
PQQ Stage 150
ITT 151
Alternatives to OJEU Procurement 152
Chapter 14 Informatics and the Law 153
Data + Context = Information 153
Information Types 155
Caldicott Principles 156
Regulations 157
Social Media 161
Informatics Policies and Procedures 162
Human Factors 163 [Show Less]