Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS)
The Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) comprises of data storage, image display and links to equipment that acquires the diagnostic images (digital x-rays).
Radiologist viewing images and reporting.
PACS manages images from various sources, such as Ultrasound, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Nuclear Scintigraphy, Computed Tomography (CT), Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA), Radiology (plain x-rays) and Medical Photography.
Sharing Images
Medical Imaging PACS is setup to share medical images with other PACS sites throughout New Zealand. When required, patients images can be transferred between MidCentral PACS and the other sites in a secure manner.
The sites MidCentral PACS is currently connected to are:
- Auckland DHB / Starship Hospital / Greenlane Hospital
- Bay of Plenty DHB / Tauranga Hospital / Whakatane Hospital / Opotiki Hospital
- Broadway Radiology / Horowhenua Hospital / Dannevirke Hospital / City Doctors - Palmerston North
- Canterbury DHB / Christchurch Hospital / Burwood Hospital
- Capital Coast DHB / Wellington Hospital / Kenepuru Hospital
- Counties Manukau DHB / Middlemore Hospital
- Hawke’s Bay DHB / Hastings Hospital / Napier Hospital
- Hutt Valley DHB / Hutt Hospital
- Lakes DHB / Rotorua Hospital / Taupo Hospital / Turangi Community Health Centre
- Nelson Marlborough DHB / Nelson Hospital / Blenheim Hospital / Wairau Hospital
- Otago DHB / Dunedin Hospital
- Pacific Radiology / Wakefield Hospital – Wellington
- Southern DHB / Invercargill Hospital
- Tairawhiti DHB / Gisborne Hosptial
- Taranaki DHB / Taranaki Base Hospital
- The Palms - Palmerston North
- Waikato DHB / Hamilton Hospital / Te Kuiti Hospital / Taumaranui Hospital / Thames Hospital / Tokoroa Hospital
- Wairarapa DHB / Masterton Hospital
- Waitemata DHB / North Shore Hospital / Waitakere Hospital
- Wanganui DHB - retrieval of CT's and MRI's only
- West Coast DHB / Greymouth Base Hospital
Requirements for Requesting Images From Other Centers
Only requests from clinicians, or hospital administration staff (on behalf of the requesting clinician) will be accepted.
Requests for images to be imported into MidCentral PACS will only be accepted provided the patient is an existing patient of MidCentral Health, and will require ongoing treatment within the hospital.
Images to be sent, or retrieved from MidCentral PACS can be requested in the following manner:
Either way, the following information must be provided:
- Hospital/NHI number of the patient
- Patient’s full name
- Patient’s date of birth
- Images required i.e. description and date of the examination
- Urgency
- Name and Department of the requesting clinician
- Reason for the request
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Last Updated 30/04/2012