Growth of Digital Radiology

New to Health Care HCS/212 August 14, 2013 Dana Jankus New to Health Care In the past 20 years, there has been a huge growth of digital radiology in various organizationsThe article in general was written back in April 2000. It discusses about clinical trial with the digital radiology specifically using the Xplore 1000 digital system. In the year 2000, a chiropractor was the first to install this particular system for commercial use. There was an improvement in diagnostic and clinical information. Patients were getting faster results and getting a better understanding of their condition. One benefit of digital x-ray has become common in most hospitals and clinics is that it creates a digital picture archive within hospital communication systems allowing doctors to have easy access their patient images. It is designed to replace film in just about any existing X-ray imaging equipment used today and does not require film developers, processing chemicals or storage space. Another benefit is that digital X-ray images can be obtained almost instantly and their resolution, contrast and clarity are at least as good as those of film (Kermode-Scott,2000). Conventional film can take generally 10-15 minutes to process. Its takes up a large amount of time and the processing chemicals can be a bit much to deal with. Digital imaging is also being touted for its ability to capture more information than film. For example, radiologists can view New to Health Care the lungs, heart, bones and a pacemaker from one shot rather than the multiple shots required by conventional radiographs (Kermode-Scott, 2000). Digital imaging would change the office and for the better. We would not need the tall giant-sized book shelves to hold the x-rays films we have in envelopes. We would have so much more space. The office would save paper because we would not have to file x-ray reports with the films. We can do everything from the desktop computer. Also a big plus to digital imaging