Dr. MODHWADIA JAYESH D.

Dr. MEHUL SHAH, Dr. SHREYA SHAH, DR. VIJAY LABANA

Abstract

Purpose: To determine the impact of a Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) workflow on the linkage data.

Methods: At 3 months before and 12 months after implementation of a DICOM workflow, technicians recorded the work required to enter, confirm, or edit patient demographics in each visual field, OCT and fundus imaging devices. Results: Staff entered, edited, or merged data for 19% of patients before implementation (n= 497). This decreased to 2.2% within 12 of implementing the DICOM archive (n=2414). Staff could locate a patient in a DICOM work list for 99% at 12 months. Before implementation, 18.59% of the images required additional intervention to be associated with the correct patient (n=497). This decreased by 2.2% over 12 months (n=2414; P < 0.05). Conclusions: In a clinical environment that demands both efficiency and patient safety, the DICOM workflow is an important update to current practice.[advanced_iframe src="https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/embed.aspx?src=https://aiosproceedings.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/2021/E-Poster/FP324.pptx" width="100%" height="608"]