TY - JOUR T1 - Creation of an open-architecture online PET requisition and research database JF - Journal of Nuclear Medicine JO - J Nucl Med SP - 2085 LP - 2085 VL - 52 IS - supplement 1 AU - Andrew Ross AU - Murali Rajaraman AU - Don Mercer AU - Dorrell Metcalfe Y1 - 2011/05/01 UR - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/52/supplement_1/2085.abstract N2 - 2085 Objectives With implementation of an Atlantic Canadian PET program it was deemed desirable to facilitate an electronic requisition system to standardize booking and collect data allowing synthesis for quality assurance, appropriateness and future research. Requirements were for a cost-effective, secure, open architecture PET specific requisition system which would also allow information entry and storage with mining capabilities. Methods The system uses a combination of supported Microsoft web application technologies. Each user is designated a role (referring physician, Nuclear Physician, PET technologist) with role specific screens and data access. Data is stored in a secure Microsoft SQL database. Data entry is based on the National Oncology PET Registry (NOPR) allowing correlation with its literature with additional data captured during time in the PET suite including serum glucose, prior treatment (eg. surgery, radiation), medications, concurrrent illness and other clinically relevant parameters. The system is structured to allow post scan data entry (based on the NOPR model) by the referring clinicians assessing impact on management. Cardiac and Neurologic scan data entry are also captured in the database. Results To date there are over 3000 requisitions and related scan data in the database with all new scans being logged. The system has been well accepted by the referring clinicians with a 90% approval rating. Secure internet access for patient entry from 3 provinces occurs. It has facilitated several completed and ongoing research and quality assurance projects and this utility continues to expand as the database grows. Conclusions A dedicated online open source PET requisition and database system was developed and made operational providing support to clinical and research efforts at a Canadian PET centre. The methods, benefits and future opportunities will be further outlined ER -