Impact of Teleradiology on Patient Transfers

Impact of Teleradiology on Patient Transfers (2012) - CAEP oral powerpoint presentation
ICEM (Dublin) Poster Presentation

In 2010, the GNWT rolled out a pan-territorial PACS system that allowed clinicians at any site across the territory to view xray, ultrasound or CT images from any other facility.  Given that the ER in Yellowknife was often the receiver of all the sickest patients I wondered what impact if any did the PACS system have on patient transfer rates.  What I did was simply compare the transfer rates pre and post PACS.  The data seemed to indicate a drop in transfers with the adoption of PACS.