Teamwork and preparation create effective reading room

May 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Teamwork and preparation create effective reading room Creative thinking and full representation in the design process help avoid common pitfalls when it's time for new PACS implementation BY BRUCE SILVER, M.D., AND KENNETH JOHNSON -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Numerous studies have shown that poorly designed reading rooms reduce radiologists' productivity, contribute to reporting errors, and increase work-related physical injuries. Even so, poorly designed reading rooms continue to be the norm rather than the exception. The following case study illustrates tools and techniques that were used to overcome many obstacles in converting a poor design concept for PACS reading rooms into an excellent outcome in a two-day time period. Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago had ordered PACS equipment, which was only months away from delivery. While an actual design had not yet been created, the vision was to vacate the film file room and install the PACS reading stations within this space. There were no funds to do anything more than minor renovation within the film file room, and no expensive PACS furniture would be acquired.

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