UCLH opts for Agfa PACS
The University College London Hospitals (UCLH) Trust’s new picture
archiving and communications system (PACS) is now up and running at the
Trust’s new £225m hospital in London’s Euston Road.
The Agfa IMPAX system, which was implemented outside the National
Programme for IT (NPfIT) following a ‘comprehensive benchmarking
exercise’, has received widespread acceptance from clinicians and
radiologists alike. “Both have welcomed IMPAX because of its
overwhelming advantages such as being able to access images at any time,
anywhere, and no longer having to search for films or storage space”,
said Peter Dawson, the Trust’s Clinical Director of Radiology.
“Clinicians in nearby specialist hospitals, such as The National
Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queen Square, have also found
IMPAX invaluable since they can view referred patients’ images before
they arrive for their examination”, he said.
UCLH chose the Agfa IMPAX system following a thorough assessment of
clinical benefits and value for money. “To be regarded as a centre of
excellence for teaching, it is essential that we have digital capture
and digital archives”, said Dave Plummer, the Trust’s Head of Strategic
Computing.
By the end of this month (November) all sites within the Trust will
be fully digital. After this, the IDX Carecast electronic patient record
(EPR) system, which will log key patient information, orders and
results, will be implemented across all sites within the Trust. At this
stage Agfa will integrate its Web1000 image distribution software fully
into the IDX EPR solution. Clinicians throughout the Trust will then
have full image access from their EPR desktop.
Source: bjhc&im November 2005
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