Abstract
The purposes of the Joint Use System of Nuclear Medicine are to collect samples from the participating institutions at the Nuclear Medicine Center of the 2nd Tokyo National Hospital, to test and measure many items efficiently, and to report the data accurately and speedily. The system has been designed and operated to meet with the consolidation, modernization and rationalization of the regional medical care.
In this report, we conducted a statistical study on the use of the system during the past 5 years. Both the total number of samples handled and the total income are steadily increasing.
It is reasonable to assume that the institutions which sent a small number of samples from the beginning have the ability to measure samples by themselves.
In the future, it is considered urgent to save delay and to decrease complexity in data handling by the introduction of computer into the system.
