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From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 5:35 AM
Subject: NEWS: BBC: Doctors get X-rays on the web


> Doctors get X-rays on the web
>
> Monday, 16 October, 2000, 11:26 GMT 12:26 UK - A leading British hospital
> has introduced internet technology that could revolutionise the way
> patients are diagnosed and treated.
>
> The system installed by Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London will
enable
> doctors to view X-rays and scans on the web.
>
> Ultimately, it should mean that in an emergency on-call consultants will
be
> able to view images using their laptops or personal computers.
>
> This will enable them to give an instant diagnosis without the need to
> travel in to the hospital. It will also allow doctors to seek the opinions
> of other experts around the world.
>
> The system can also be used to make images and medical reports available
to
> GPs and referring clinics. It should cut the time between initial
> examination and diagnosis, reducing waiting times before treatment.
>
> And it is also intended to make the process more efficient and less
> stressful for clinicians and patients.
>
> To ensure the system, which has been developed by Kodak, remains secure,
> doctors will only be able to access it by giving a password.
>
> Dr Lesley MacDonald, the hospital's clinical director of radiology, told
> the BBC: "Digital picture archiving is already common practice, but you
> need to look at it on a work station which is expensive.
>
> "The idea of this web-enabled software is to send the images through
> ordinary PCs and laptops.
>
> "We are really surprised at how keen some of the clinicians are to use
this."
>
> Leonie Paskin, manager of Radiology Services at Guy's and St Thomas'
> Hospital, said the simultaneous availability of images in multiple
> locations would vastly improve efficiency and workflow.
>
> "Electronic retrieval of medical images will lead to a much more
> streamlined system than is currently the case with conventional hard-copy
> film."
>
> Related to this story:
> BMA wants internet prescribing ban (21 Jul 00 | Health)
> Prescriptions to go online (12 Sep 00 | Health)
> Internet 'encourages false illness' (06 Aug 00 | Health)
> Internet health hoaxers (05 May 00 | Health)
> Internet 'solution' to global health crises (31 Jan 00 | Health)
>
> Internet links:
> Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Hospital Trust
> Kodak
>
> BBC News Online: Health
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/health/newsid_974000/974661.stm
>
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