Pax Vobiscum® is the name of a joint development and installation project between the Örebro County Council (ÖLL) and Sectra.
The project started in 1995, with the purpose to digitize all radiological imaging within the county. Örebro County is currently the largest film-free PACS-site in Europe, and one of the largest in the world. It is visited by at least 50 international visitor groups annually.
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The system should not only result in less administration and higher efficiency, but also enable the different radiology departments in the county to collaborate more closely. Some of the advantages with the introduction of Sectra PACS are:
The system incorporates over twenty-five diagnosticlworkstations, forty clinical workstations, web distribution, and six image archives (geographically distributed). Sectra PACS provides the necessary support, from the moment the clinician's request enters the department until the report has been signed, and the images archived.
Since 1997 diagnostic work as well as clinical demonstrations, and archiving is now done exclusively using Sectra PACS. The result of the project can be described as:
