Spiritwood and District Health Complex goes high-tech
A new Radiology Information System (RIS) and Picture Archiving Communication System (PACS) were unveiled at the Spiritwood and District Health Complex on Tuesday.
John Piggott, vice-president of operations for the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region was on hand to help celebrate the launch.
“What we’re doing is converting from an old film system of X-ray work … [to a] new system that is filmless, which relies obviously on digital computer technology, so that as soon as the technologist performs the X-ray they send it through the computer system,” Piggott explained.
On the old film system, X-rays would have to be shipped from the health complex to places like Prince Albert or Saskatoon to be assessed by a radiologist and results sent back. This could take up to a few days, but on the new system the X-rays will be sent digitally with results back as early as the same day.