WORKLISTS, PRELOADING AND ARCHIVING STRATEGIES - 3 YEARS OF CLINICAL-EXPERIENCE IN THE BARCELONA PACS

We present data on 3 years of clinical experience using PACS involving developments on worklists, preloading and archiving strategies in a t eaching paediatric hospital with all modalities connected to a commerc ial PACS. A method allowing generation of and handling of different wo rklists for computed radiography examinations has been developed in ou r centre. Worklists and archiving strategies are presented and discuss ed. We conclude that, with adequate worklists and efficient preloading implementation, current PACS could be used successfully in several cl inical settings of a multimodality department.