Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi is a private hospital in Mi- lan dedicated to orthopedic procedures. They perform approximately 100,000 examinations and 15,000 surger- ies annually. As a production-oriented hospital, a high- performance PACS and a digital templating tool for the orthopedic surgeons was a prerequisite to meet their high demands on efficiency. From analog to digital in five months At the end of 2006, Galeazzi realized that they needed to re- duce their costs and increase productivity to remain competi- tive. At that point, the hospital’s radiology department and surgery were analog and the obvious choice was to adopt a completely film-free workflow. The aim was to provide ef- ficient tools for their radiologists and surgeons, as well as to increase the quality of care by

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