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About the Feature

 

Bahmni provides 2 ways of managing Radiology workflows
  • Radiology Upload
  • PACS Integration

 

 

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Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) is a medical imaging technology which provides storage and convenient access to images from multiple modalities (imaging equipment). The images are transmitted digitally from modality and stored in PACS. The universal format for this is DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine). The DICOM images are seen using a DICOM image viewer which could be native or web based.


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Read this excellent write-up on how Bahmni was deployed and setup at Annoor Hospital in Jordan for Chest xRay management with a PACS setup: https://talk.openmrs.

 

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Bahmni supports 2 ways of managing Radiology workflows:
  • Via Radiology Upload

  • Using PACS Integration

Bahmni provides the ability to integrate with PACS to send radiology orders and access fulfillments (radiology images) via a link to the DICOM web viewer. The integration with PACS has two main functions :
  1. Send the radiology order created in Bahmni to PACS server.
  2. Provide the ability to view the image stored in PACS against the corresponding radiology order. 

Where is it Used?

This The orders are usually placed by doctors and sometimes by other staff on behalf of the doctor based on pre-decided protocols. The radiology images are seen by Doctors for diagnostic purposes. 

Benefits

The integration would help simplifies accessibility of patients radiology records from Bahmni.

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Screen to place Radiology Orders 


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PACS Display Control with Links to see Radiology Images


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Radiology Images seen in a DICOM viewer on clicking the link in PACS display control


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titleUsage Details

Radiology and PACS - User Guide


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Radiology and PACS - Implementer's Guide