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8814768

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-4
pubmed:abstractText
A total of 40,000 portable examinations are performed each year at Shands Hospital (Gainesville, FL), a 570-bed teaching hospital. Radiographs are obtained using a screen-film combination with the films digitized for transmission to displays in four intensive care units. A cost-analysis of replacing screen-film with computed radiography (CR) integrated into a filmless picture archiving and communication system (PACS) network was performed. Equipment requirements included two CR units, three high-resolution dual monitor displays, and an archive to store 3 months of image data. The capital costs were amortized over a 5-year period. Capital and operating costs of the proposed expansion to the existing PACS network, together with anticipated cost savings, were determined. The maximum data transfer rate for portable examinations was 150 MByte per hour and approximately 400 GByte of image data are generated each year. These figures were used to determine the hardware requirements for handling the acquisition, transfer, and display of the images. Annual costs of the proposed expansion were about $220,000. Cost savings were achieved by elimination of film, including its handling by technologists/library clerks, and amounted to about $200,000 per year.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0897-1889
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
39-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
A cost-analysis of computed radiography and picture archiving and communication systems in portable radiography.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610-0374, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study