Financing was through a five-year operational lease. No consultant was used. Work was performed jointly by the radiology and IT departments. Mitra is used for the SMS RIS interface. Three diagnostic workstations, four clinical review workstations and three technician review workstations are currently online.
Web server is used for remote locations.
Network is gigabit Ethernet with redundant layer 3 switching and 100 Mb to the workstations. Our orthopedists insist on these. These account for several studies per day. Films are printed for operating room and outpatients who must take their films to their clinicians. Physicians in our conference rooms and many of our physician offices are viewing films via the Web server.