+ Professor Neil O'Hare, HSE NIMIS Project Lead; Professor Brendan Drumm, CEO, HSE and Dr Niall Sheehy, Consultant Radiologist, St. James's Hospital and Lead
Radiologist, NIMIS Project.
Roll out of the NatioNal
iNtegRated Medical iMagiNg
SySteM (NiMiS)
in our last issue, Professor Neil
o’hare outlined the progress
N
IMIS will be installed in 35 hospitals of medical images and ensure that the
with an investment of over c40m over patient's information is available rapidly
three years, starting in 2010. The system where and when it is needed, at every stage
to date of the hSe’s National
will make Ireland's radiological services of a patient's journey. All of a patient's
integrated Medical imaging 'filmless' and enable secure and rapid prior and current images will be available
System (NiMiS). in february
movement of patient image data throughout electronically in the radiology department,
the health service. out-patient clinics, hospital ward and results
2010, the hSe announced more
Around 25 per cent of Irish hospitals have can be quickly sent back to the patient's
details about the roll out of the already moved to a 'filmless' system where GP if required.
project.
all images are captured, stored and examined Professor Neil O'Hare, HSE NIMIS Project
using computers rather than printed film – a Lead, explains what NIMIS will deliver:
technology called Picture Archive and “Images will no longer be trapped on film in
Communication Systems and Radiology one location. NIMIS will enable a patient's
Information Systems (PACS/RIS). NIMIS will diagnostic imaging to be available to all
introduce PACS/RIS into the remainder of appropriate clinicians, when and where it is
Irish hospitals and will enable sharing of needed. Patient images will be available at
patient data between all hospitals through a all times to radiologists, surgeons in operating
national image archive. theatres, on-call doctors in their homes and
The ability of health professionals to share experts in centres across the country.”
patient imaging data will reduce the loss According to Dr Niall Sheehy, Consultant
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