Do you feel your hospital or practice has the IT expertise it needs to support the imaging environment?
Yes
38%
No
54%
Not sure
8%

PACSWEB Poll Archives

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Are you planning to replace your current PACS?

Yes

49%

28 votes out of 57

No

51%

29 votes out of 57

Total: 57 Votes

Does your facility have a PACS for cardiology images?

100

53%

355 votes out of 664

75 to 99

30%

198 votes out of 664

50 to 74

17%

111 votes out of 664

What percent of your facility's medical imaging volume is filmless?

100

26%

116 votes out of 440

75 to 99

46%

203 votes out of 440

50 to 74

7%

30 votes out of 440

25 to 49

4%

16 votes out of 440

24 or less

8%

35 votes out of 440

none

9%

40 votes out of 440

Do you have image processing capability integrated with your PACS?

Yes

53%

59 votes out of 112

No, we have separate workstations for image processing such as 3D rendering.

37%

41 votes out of 112

Image processing? We're still using film!

11%

12 votes out of 112

Have you suffered an ergonomic injury related to the adoption of soft copy workstations at your facility?

Yes, soft copy interpretation has led to physical strains that didn't exist with film interpretation

42%

19 votes out of 45

No, soft copy interpretation has not led to any more physical stress than a film interpretation

58%

26 votes out of 45

Which department in your hospital still lags behind in PACS deployment?

The OR

22%

10 votes out of 46

The ER

0%

0 votes out of 46

Mammography

50%

23 votes out of 46

All of the above

22%

10 votes out of 46

None of the above

7%

3 votes out of 46

Do you have enterprise-wide image distribution?

Yes

74%

28 votes out of 38

No, but we are considering it.

24%

9 votes out of 38

We are not considering it.

3%

1 votes out of 38

How secure are your information systems?

Very secure

57%

20 votes out of 35

Somewhat secure

31%

11 votes out of 35

Not secure at all

11%

4 votes out of 35

What level of systems integration do you experience in your department?

We have full PACS/EMR/HIS/RIS integration

38%

33 votes out of 87

We have PACS/RIS integration, but we are not integrated with other hospital systems

33%

29 votes out of 87

None of our systems are integrated

29%

25 votes out of 87

How close is your department to implementing electronic decision support alerts?

We already have and use a decision support system.

26%

8 votes out of 31

System implementation is in the pipeline.

26%

8 votes out of 31

Implementing a decision support system right now is a pipe dream.

48%

15 votes out of 31

What is the most pressing issue for your digital radiology department?

Increase in large imaging and data sets

33%

42 votes out of 126

Radiology systems integration with hospital information systems

36%

45 votes out of 126

Cost cutting

19%

24 votes out of 126

Radiologist shortage

12%

15 votes out of 126

Does your facility have an electronic medical record? Yes 42% 44 votes No 36% 38 votes No, but we will within the next year 23% 24 votes Total: 106 votes

How much wireless technology does your department use? We are a completely wireless department 5% 4 votes We do some communication (via tablet PCs, PDAs, or cell phones) wirelessly 58% 48 votes We're still waiting for wireless technology that is more secure 37% 31 votes Total: 83 votes

How satisfied are you with your soft-copy work environment? Very satisfied 31% 36 votes Satisfied 42% 49 votes Not satisfied at all 27% 31 votes Total: 116 votes

How prepared is your PACS for a major disaster? Very prepared, we're ready for anything 33% 45 votes Still planning disaster recovery implementation 46% 63 votes Not prepared at all, but bad things never happen to us 22% 30 votes Total: 138 votes

How has technology, such as digital imaging, the Internet, and e-mail, affected your relationship with your referring physicians? It has strengthened the relationship 54% 50 votes It hasn't made a difference in the relationship 18% 17 votes The referring physicians rarely visit the radiology department now and only call for occasional clarifications 28% 26 votes Total: 93 votes

How would you rate the ergonomic quality of your PACS workstation? Excellent 17% 18 votes Good, but could be better 33% 36 votes Fair 25% 27 votes Poor 15% 16 votes Miserable 11% 12 votes Total: 109 votes

How satisfied are you with your image archiving system? Very satisfied - no noticeable delay 32% 47 votes Somewhat satisfied - some delay, but does not present a problem 24% 35 votes Not satisfied - very slow image retrieval 32% 46 votes It's Tuesday, and I'm still waiting 12% 18 votes Total: 146 votes

Do you think you will ever see a financial return on investment for your PACS installation? Yes 49% 78 votes No 16% 25 votes It doesn't matter; PACS has become a cost of doing business 35% 56 votes Total: 159 votes

Which people at your facility should be given a PACS workstation? Only radiologists 23% 58 votes Radiologists, and, on a case-by-case basis, referring physicians 46% 118 votes Anyone who asks for one 8% 20 votes No one; all workstation functions will soon be available on cheap PCs 23% 60 votes Total: 256 votes