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What happened to Leicester?. Dr. K A Mulcahy RCR PACS meeting Nov. 2003. L.G.H. N.H.S. Trust Department of Radiology. Healthcare 3 teaching hospital Trusts Leicester General Hospital Leicester Royal Infimary Glenfield General hospital Separate networks ( and IT departments)
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What happened to Leicester? Dr. K A Mulcahy RCR PACS meeting Nov. 2003
L.G.H. N.H.S. TrustDepartment of Radiology • Healthcare • 3 teaching hospital Trusts • Leicester General Hospital • Leicester Royal Infimary • Glenfield General hospital • Separate networks ( and IT departments) • Different RIS • Different PAS • Multiple smaller hospitals • Loughborough • Coalville • Hinckley • Melton Mowbray • Market Harborough • Oakham
L.G.H. N.H.S. TrustDepartment of Radiology • February 1996 • Contract signed with Data General • Software sub-contracted to Markcare Medical Systems (then SMI)
U.H.L. N.H.S. TrustDirectorate of Radiology 1996 EMC DG Support 1999 Medisolutions Insignia Markcare 2001 2002 2003
I M & T Directorate Imaging Directorate U.H.L. N.H.S. TrustDirectorate of Radiology 2000 2001 2002 LGH NHS Trust UHL NHS Trust LRI NHS Trust GGH NHS Trust • Network upgrade • Flat switched ethernet • Gigabit links • Microwave 54MBit link • SAN ( Symmetrix) • PAS merge RIS upgrade and merge
U.H.L. N.H.S. TrustDirectorate of Radiology PAS RIS LRI LGH GGH L`Boro L`Boro Insignia Phillips Phillips Agfa
U.H.L. N.H.S. TrustDirectorate of Radiology • Developments • Content Addressable Storage (CAS) • Web based image distribution • CPACS
CAS All on line Cheaper Multiple user support (++) Direct connection User “gateway” 64 bit key XML file BLOB support Inbuilt security SAN Expensive All eggs in a very good box! Internal disk management Network drive Fast (Fibre channel SCSI) U.H.L. N.H.S. TrustDirectorate of Radiology
U.H.L. N.H.S. TrustDirectorate of Radiology • Web based distribution • Watch this space! • CPACS • ……………………….