Ismaeel M Almakrami
The lack of end-user participation in project development
and implementation has been shown to be a major
factor in project failure. This is of importance in Saudi
health care where there has been a large investment in
health information technology. One such technology is
Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)
which should be understood as a network of devices and
software working together simultaneously. PACS captures
images, stores them, shares them, and makes them
available for retrieval in different locations. The major
users of PACS are radiologists whose role in health care
is to interpret the images and assist physicians making
diagnosis and decisions.