experience of estonian pacs andrus aavik 18-20.04.2007 riga
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experience of Estonian PACS
Andrus Aavik
18-20.04.2007 Riga
Overview of Radiology in Estonia
Radiology CentersNorth-Estonian Regional HospitalTartu University HospitalEast-Tallinn Central HospitalPärnu HospitalWest-Tallinn Central Hospital
Allover Estonia - ~63000 digital studies in month
Overview of Radiology in Estonia
Equipment CT
1 – 2 slice scanners -- 5 4 – 8 slice scanners -- 2 16 – 64 slice scanners -- 11
XA -- 6 CR systems -- 52 MRI -- 5 Endoscopic systems -- 20
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Groups of interest
Radiologists Clinicians Private Clinics General Practitioners / Family doctors
Development of PACS in Estonia
1999 – BitNet project 2001 – mini-PACS in Tartu University Hospital
2CT’s, 1MR, 1CR and All-in-One PACS server
2002 – Cooperation with other Estonian hospitals Main idea: All studies available from one central archive
2006 – User interface for GP’s 2006 – New strategy for long-term archiving
Estonian PACS Today
Estonian PACS is managed by
Foundation of Estonian PACS founded by two biggest hospitals:
Tartu University Hospital North-Estonian Regional Hospital
Nation-wide PACS – result of successful co-operation of competent Health Care stakeholders
82% of all images (in Estonia) are stored in nation-wide PACS
Estonian PACS Today
DICOM Archive Server
Long-Term Archive
DICOM workstationsWeb distribution
WEB users
Imaging modalities
Redundancy
Cooperation in Estonia 2007
Development never stops...
Continuous need for investment Cooperation is not allways easy New equipment needs different archiving
strategies More users we have –> more studies we
will have –> more load for the system -> more critical services (24x7)
Development topics 2007
Migration of archive to new software Estabilishing common PACS VPN-network for Estonian
hospitals Improvement of solution for GP’s Changing information between Hospital Information Systems
Reports are moving with images (study=images+reports) Availability to chose where the images will be reported
Merging different information from PACS, RIS, LIS and HIS