Workflow in interventional radiology: nerve blocks and facet blocks

Donald Siddoway; Mary Lou Ingeholm; Oliver Burgert; Thomas Neumuth; Vance Watson M.D.; Kevin Cleary

doi:10.1117/12.654482

16 March 2006 Workflow in interventional radiology: nerve blocks and facet blocks

Donald Siddoway, Mary Lou Ingeholm, Oliver Burgert, Thomas Neumuth, Vance Watson M.D., Kevin Cleary

Proceedings Volume 6145, Medical Imaging 2006: PACS and Imaging Informatics; 61450B (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.654482
Event: Medical Imaging, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Workflow analysis has the potential to dramatically improve the efficiency and clinical outcomes of medical procedures. In this study, we recorded the workflow for nerve block and facet block procedures in the interventional radiology suite at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, USA. We employed a custom client/server software architecture developed by the Innovation Center for Computer Assisted Surgery (ICCAS) at the University of Leipzig, Germany. This software runs in an internet browser, and allows the user to record the actions taken by the physician during a procedure. The data recorded during the procedure is stored as an XML document, which can then be further processed. We have successfully gathered data on a number if cases using a tablet PC, and these preliminary results show the feasibility of using this software in an interventional radiology setting. We are currently accruing additional cases and when more data has been collected we will analyze the workflow of these procedures to look for inefficiencies and potential improvements.

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Donald Siddoway, Mary Lou Ingeholm, Oliver Burgert, Thomas Neumuth, Vance Watson M.D., and Kevin Cleary "Workflow in interventional radiology: nerve blocks and facet blocks", Proc. SPIE 6145, Medical Imaging 2006: PACS and Imaging Informatics, 61450B (16 March 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.654482

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