ACTA FAC MED NAISS 2012;29(2):81-87

Professional article

UDC: 616-073:621.39

DOI:10.2478/v10283-012-0011-9

Web Technology in Health Information System

Rade Babić¹, Zoran Milošević², Gordana Stanković Babić³

¹Center for Radiology, Clinic Centre Niš, Serbia

²University of Niš, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health Institute, Serbia

³University of Niš, Faculty of Medicine, Clinic for Eye Diseases, Clinic Centre Niš, Serbia


summary

The paper gives a concise review of the implementation of the web-based systems in teleradiology, radiological information system, hospital information system and in other modern medical information systems. The paper presents PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) and DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) that have been domesticated in the vocabulary of radiological terminology and beyond. It points to the basic characteristics and objectives of PACS systems and DICOM standards, accentuating the needs for appliance of methods for digital signal processing and machine intelligence. It is concluded that assotiated medicine and information technologies lead to the progress of the mankind.

Key words: web technology, radiology, medicine, PACS, DICOM, information system