11th June 2012
New image system improves efficiency for
patients
East
Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has teamed up with other hospitals across the region
to introduce a new high-tech imaging system that improves efficiency for
patients.
An
enhanced Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) will be installed
that allows the Trust’s hospitals to share radiology images such as X-rays and
scans with other hospitals across Sussex and Surrey.
Also
installing the new system are Brighton and
Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust, Queen
Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS
Foundation Trust, and Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust.
The
new system enables patients to be referred or transferred for treatment between
the Trusts, without delays in obtaining their images and
information.
The
PACS is a specialist imaging technology that electronically provides access to a
patient’s medical images and information. It is used to store and review images
such as X-rays, MRI and CT scans and provides a secure network for the
transmission of patient information.
Dr
Neil Crundwell, Consultant Radiologist at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust,
headed the project to introduce the new system.
He
said: “The new system will be better
for patients and better for the clinicians who use it. It allows quality images
and other patient data to be obtained whenever and wherever they are needed
across the region. This helps provide a seamless patient experience and ensures
accurate and timely diagnosis and reporting.”
The
new system will be fully up and running across all the Trusts by next
year.
