Teleradiology: Evolution and concepts

Binkhuysen, F. H. Barneveld; Ranschaert, Erik

doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.08.027

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“…Teleradiology offers the opportunity to access remote, expert subspecialty radiology [11,12]. The use of teleradiology with integration of experienced CTC radiologists, providing expert advice and interpretation, may yield good results for polyp detection and could prove helpful in CTC implementation.…”

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Teleradiology based CT colonography to screen a population group of a remote island; at average risk for colorectal cancer

Lefere¹,

Silva

Gryspeerdt³

et al. 2013

European Journal of Radiology

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Teleradiology based CT colonography to screen a population group of a remote island; at average risk for colorectal cancer

Lefere¹,

Silva

Gryspeerdt³

et al. 2013

European Journal of Radiology

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“…However the main challenge is seamless integration of teleradiology with PACS, in order to enable flexible exchange of patient related information, i.e. electronic patient records (EPR) and radiological images including priors [2, 5, 6]. …”

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confidence: 99%

European Teleradiology now and in the future: results of an online survey

Ranschaert

Binkhuysen²

2012

Insights Imaging

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ObjectivesTo obtain an overview of teleradiology usage within Europe, to evaluate the current opinion and future vision about this technique.MethodsA web-based survey targeted at active radiologists throughout Europe.ResultsA total of 368 radiology professionals participated in the survey. Among them 65 % currently use teleradiology. The main usages are in-house image distribution (71 %) and on-call readings from home (44 %). The major advantages are improved collaboration with other radiologists (46 %) and efficient distribution of workload (38 %). Outsourcing is performed by 35 % of the participants, among them 68 % use commercial services. The major advantages of outsourcing are availability of second opinions (82 %) and additional capacity for on-call services (71 %). The major disadvantages are insufficient integration of patient history and priors (69 %), and limited communication with clinicians (68 %). The majority expressed a positive opinion regarding the future of teleradiology (80 %) predicting a growing importance (46 %). Opportunities ought to be found in emergency reading services, flexible support of small practices and in collaborative platforms.ConclusionsA wide usage of teleradiology throughout Europe is perceived; however usage of commercial services is relatively limited. Regarding cross-border services, there is a great demand for a focused Pan-European legislation, an adapted price regulation and a quality assurance framework.Main Messages• A wide variety of teleradiology applications exist in Europe• Implementation mainly occurs in countries with a high concentration of networked PACS• Usage of commercial teleradiology services in Europe is relatively limited• Language is an unsolved issue and limiting factor for further deployment of services• There is a demand for a Pan-European legislation, price regulation and quality assurance framework

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“…This somewhat conservative approach is in contrast with the northern European and North American vision of TR where outsourcing appears to be far more common [13][14][15][16][17][18]. There are several possible reasons for these differences.…”

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