TELERADIOLOGY - USE OF A MULTIMEDIA PC FO R ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC PATIENT RECORDS AND TELECONSULTING

A PC-platform is presented using internet technology on Ethernet (loca l) or ISDN (external) for access to digital hospital infrastructures c omprising electronic multimedia patient records integrating informatio n systems of all clinical departments. In addition, a videoconferencin g system is implemented for teleconsulting, and a document camera allo ws transmission of analogue data. In combination with the multimedia-P C, Ethernet as well as ISDN offer satisfying performance for transmiss ion of medical data including images. In 20 cases, visualisation of th e electronic patient record, an average CT with report and 58 GIFF ima ges, or transfer of an ACR-NEMA file from CT, took seconds (Ethernet) or up to 3.5 minutes (ISDN - 58 CT images and report).