The Siemens PACS was easily installed at the Sanatorium Hera, and even senior colleagues who were not so keen on using computers readily learned how to work with the system. Handling it is easy, the stability of the system a necessity. This is what Herneth considers one of the most important advantages of the Siemens system. The number of films used for mammography X-rays decreased by 15 percent in the first few months syngo.plaza was running,¹ Herneth reports. This meant less money spent and fewer toxic chemicals deposited. The efficient workflow runs smoothly from patient registration, processing and quality check, to reading and reporting.² syngo.plaza also automatically retrieves older images when a patient is in for follow-up studies and enables the radiologist to send images to another expert for a second opinion.

• Enables radiologist to fully concentrate on the images
• Fast and easy access to prior studies
• Reduction of film printing

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¹The outcomes achieved by the Siemens customers described herein were achieved in the customer's unique setting. Since there is no "typical" hospital and many variables exist (e.g. hospital size, case mix, level of IT adoption) there can be no guarantee that others will achieve the same results.
²In the U.S., monitors (displays) and printers, which received FDA clearance for Mammography must be used.