DICOM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE & SEMINAR Oct 9-11, 2010 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil How to Assure Tele-radiology’s Success in Healthcare Daniel Nóbrega da Costa Luiz Ary Messina Felipe Nirenberg Cor Loef - moderator

Tele-Radiology Needs: –Specialized Second Opinion –Remote Locations –24/7 reading service for Emergency room physicians –Teaching –Shortage of Radiologists –Rising cost of healthcare –……..

Tele-Radiology Technical Condition: IT Infrastructure –Availability of high-speed and secure internet connections –Deployment of PACS –Image Viewers and processing applications –Reporting facilities –……..

Tele-Radiology Quality and Ethical Concerns –Privacy and Integrity of Patient data –Accountability –Credentialing –Quality of Service –Commoditization – ……..

Tele-Radiology Resulting procedures an workflow What does the future look like, some likely scenario’s Impact on standards like DICOM and HL7

DICOM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE & SEMINAR Oct 9-11, 2010 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Thank you!