ArticleBMC medical informatics and decision making2020
Investigating the satisfaction level of physicians in regards to implementing medical Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).
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- Artificial Intelligence Platform Architecture for Hospital Systems: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- User-Centered Evaluation of Healthcare Information System Utilization: A Cross-Sectional Study Integrating Acceptance Models.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Intention to use picture archiving and communication system and its predictors among physicians and nurses at specialized teaching hospitals in Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia.SAGE open medicine · 2024Article
- Determining the Effect of the Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) on Different Dimensions of Users' Work.Radiology research and practice · 2022Article
- Clinicians' Perceptions of Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) Use in Patient Care in Eastern Province Hospitals in Saudi Arabia.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundUser satisfaction with PACS is considered as one of the important criteria for assessing success in using PACS. The objective of this study was to determine the level of user satisfaction with PACS and to compare its functional features with traditional film-based systems.
methodsThis study was conducted in 2017. Residents at three large university hospitals in Kerman filled-out a self-administered questionnaire consisting of three parts: demographic information of participants, user satisfaction with PACS, comparing features of the two digital and traditional imaging systems. The validity of this questionnaire was approved by five medical informatics, radiology, and health information management specialists and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha (86%). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Spearman, Mann Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis statistical tests.
resultsThe mean of the participants' ages was 31.4 (±4.4) years and 59% of the participants were females. The mean of physicians' satisfaction with PACS' had no significant relationship with their age (P = 0.611), experience of using PACS (P = 0.301), specialty (P = 0.093), and percent of interpretation of images with PACS (P = 0.762). It had a significant relationship with the participants' computer skills (P = 0.022).
conclusionsThe mean of physicians' satisfaction with PACS was at a moderate to a high level, yet there are still problems in the successful implementation of these systems and establishing interoperability between them. PACS has not fully met all the demands of physicians and has not achieved its predetermined objectives, such as all-access from different locations.
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