Evaluation of Picture Archiving and Communication System (Pacs) As A Process Improvement Sample (Sivas Numune Hospital Application)

Autor: Ali Rıza İnce, Yücel Erol, Naim Karagöz
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: İşletme Araştırmaları Dergisi, Vol 5, Iss 3, Pp 243-257 (2013)
ISSN: 1309-0712
Popis: It is a realitythatthefirmsproducinggoods or services frequentlybenefited process improvementand similartechniques toachieve their objectives In today'scompetitive environment.Beingprocess-orientedmeans to give weight to the creation of quality but not to the control of quality. In this sense, process improvement is seen as an approach of Total Quality Management targeted. Hospital informationsystems are computer systems that collect andarchive all orthe majority of the hospitaldatafor use inthe assessment.It isa major problem that storage of visualdatawithout lossanddamage and also the being availableof these data as soon as possiblein this system.System that calledPACShas been developedto overcome this problem.PACS is an archiving system that archive the visual dataobtained fromimaging systems in different unitsin a spaceand, allows the transfer of these data to usersat different points when needed.In this study,efficiency of PACS asa process improvementtechniquewas examined by the application ofahospital.It is concluded that the system providea positive contributionto customers and hospitalas an example ofan importantprocess improvement at the evaluationof the results and implementation of the system.
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