PACS and KVM switch

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Permalink Reply by Martin Peacock on January 30, 2011 at 4:58am

Can't say I've tried it but a couple of thoughts spring to mind - 1.  putting a device between w/s and monitors may have legal implications with medical device certification - especially w.r.t. (2)  managing calibration profiles - which may be a complicated job.

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Permalink Reply by T. Ben Johnson on January 30, 2011 at 1:57pm

As far as I know, the KVM switch is a bridge between two monitor cables.  I'm not aware that there is any processing going on that would alter the monitor calibration/look up tables.

 

We can check the calibration once the switch is in place.

 

In terms of medical device certification, we have already purchased the equipment and it has been certified by the FDA to whatever extent it's going to be.  Are you suggesting that there could be legal implications that would follow after reading a case from this setup?  Although people talk about it in the PACS/medical informatics community, I am yet to come across a case where monitor calibration has come into question.  

 

We have 8 PACS workstations connected to this PACS and there is no documentation stored on the server which records which workstation a cases was interpreted from or whether the monitors were properly calibrated at the time the case was interpreted.

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Permalink Reply by Howard George on March 7, 2011 at 6:51pm

What PACS system do you guys use btw and what are the pros/cons?  We are currently looking into a PACS system.  I know a bit off topic but you all here seem very informatics-savvy!

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