Anticlue

Integrating the environment.

Once of the core competencies of hospital environments are the clinical systems. Something that constantly amazes me is how the departmental system truly believe they are silos. What is done in one department doesn't affect others. With the new age of clinical repositorities, this is just not the case. One of the newer movements in healthcare is integrating the PACS, RIS, and CIS. (Picture Archiving and Communication System, Radiology Information System, and Clinical Information System) The key is planning and plugging in the pieces, and having a good foundation. Aunt Minnie has recently highlight published a nice integration overview for the Radiology Side of the house. It is a worthy read.