%0 Journal Article %T BARRIERS OF PACS IMPLEMENTATION IN HOSPITALS %A Seyede Marzieh Etemad Sheyhkoleslami %A Behrouz Moradhasel %J Iranian Journal of Radiology %D 2012 %I Tehran University of Medical Sciences %X Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) is filmless technology for capturing images in digital form, storage, manage and distribute images through the network and acquire archived data with the good quality and high resolution when the users need. In this article,we analyze the costs , barriers and discrepancies between personnel for PACS implementation that prevent entrance of PACS into the hospitals and finally, on base obtained experiences, we propose some strategies for resolving this problem. %K Keyword %U http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/21121.pdf&manuscript_id=21121