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Saudi ArabiaNew technologies are frequently being adopted by healthcare organizations in order to try to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare [1,2]. The picture archiving and communication system (PACS) is an ex-ample of such a technology. A PACS is a medical image management information system which manages med-ical images and integrates equipment through a network. database and retrieved using a file management server, to be transmitted using computer networks, to be dis-played at various resolutions to users with different requirements, and to be analyzed and processed as a reference for medical treatment. It is now common for a PACS to be integrated as a module within a wider Radi-ology Information System (RIS) or Hospital Information System (HIS) [1]. Users of a PACS include technologists