Abolfazl Moghadam - Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Management of Statistics and Information Technology
Hasan Khorsha - Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Management of Statistics and Information Technology
Hossein Nazar Abasi - Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Sayyad Shirazi Hospital
Seyyed Hossein Hosseini - Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Management of Statistics and Information Technology

Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) enables storage and transmission of medicalimages electronically in different branches of the Teaching Hospitals. The main purpose of this study is toestimate the direct economic savings and benefits resulting from PACS usage in 5th Azar Hospital. The presentstudy is descriptive, analytical and also cross sectional which focuses on the launch of the new system inteaching hospitals. Among the 14 university hospitals of Golestan Province, 5th Azar Hospital was selected as apilot and the PACS system was established. Then with the cross sectional sampling of cost in the months beforeand after the launch of the PACS system in 5th Azar center, significant difference was seen in cost andprofitability before and after system startup. This confirms the effectiveness of the system.After launching a pilot system (PACS( in 5th Azar imaging center in 2013, there was a 75.19 percent reductionin the cost of raw film. This resulted in saving about 10866 Rial for each Graph or CT test.

PACS, Medical Images, Economic Savings