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This study aimed at examining the current establishment and operation of the Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), which is a sub-system of the Hospital Information System (HIS) and evaluating effects of hardware functions on satisfaction, difficulty, and convenience. Data were collected by using structured questionnaires with dental hygienists currently working at dental clinics which introduced PACS in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province. A total of 232 dental hygienists from 20 clinics participated in the survey. Many subjects answered that they had no idea of the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM 3.0); there were many dental unit chair attachment types in terms of monitor establishment; imaging data were usually stored indefinitely; and check was performed irregularly by AS businesses.
Imaging was mainly transmitted to other clinics via storage in CD or e-mail; PACS was found to be generally effective in terms of attitudes toward the system; what was the most urgent improvement was found to be stability of programs. The easier the photographing function, the higher convenience evaluated; the easier error correction for patient information and imaging and the better quality of screen, the higher satisfaction and difficulty evaluated. Evaluation of hardware and software was found to have positive effects on satisfaction and convenience. This study will significantly provide reference data for dental clinics intending to introduce PACS and companies producing the system to construct a high-efficiency system.