The success of this UCSF IT and Radiology collaboration is an excellent example of how technology enables the UCSF mission: advancing health worldwide.
Most in radiology are familiar with Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), how most radiology departments store, distribute, and display imaging studies. Back in August 2019, Marc Kohli, MD and John Mongan, MD, PhD, UCSF Radiology imaging informatics experts, were faced with a challenge – replacing the Department’s ten-year-old PACS which would no longer be supported by the vendor.
A similar challenge faced the other four UC radiology departments – UCLA, UC Irvine, UC San Diego and UC Davis. Based on our history of collaboration, informatics teams at all five campuses created one Request for Proposal (RFP) to find worklist and image display solutions. Nuance workflow orchestrator (WFO) was selected to…
