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Osaka University Hospital moved into a new hospital building on the suburban Suita campus in October 1993. A newly developed hospital information system, a new radiologic information system and phase I of a completely new Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) also began operating. Work began in 1986 on this PACS. The PACS effort has been guided by one working group and two committees during the last 7 years. A survey of the previous diagnostic and image delivery system was performed as part of the preamble to designing an optimal PACS. Extensive analysis and measurement of pre-existing operational conditions was undertaken. These studies and technical research projects are described in a companion paper in this issue. The phase I hardware installation and initial testing were completed in March 1994. Subsequent phases will build incrementally until the completely new, hospital-wide PACS is realized.
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Kondoh, H., Ikezoe, J., Inamura, K. et al. Developing a new Picture Archiving and Communication System for the new Osaka University Hospital. J Digit Imaging 7, 172–176 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03168535
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