Illawarra Shoalhaven Medical Imaging (ISMI) is the Public Hospital Medical Imaging provider for the communities of Illawarra and Shoalhaven regions. As a unit of Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD) we provide imaging for inpatients and outpatients in various modalities including:
- General Radiology,
- Fluoroscopy,
- Computed Tomography (CT),
- Angiography
- Interventional Procedures of all types,
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI),
- Mammography,
- Ultrasound, and
- Nuclear Medicine
Our Patients
Patients are referred to us for diagnostic and interventional radiology, and nuclear medicine studies, from Emergency Departments, Hospital Wards and Clinics, and from GP's and other community based medical and allied health specialists via our networked services based on 6 hospital sites across the Illawarra and Shoalhaven.
Our Departments
Our imaging departments are located within the:
- Northern Illawarra Hospital Group: at Bulli, and Wollongong Hospitals,
- Southern Illawarra Hospital Group: at Shellharbour, and Port Kembla Hospitals,
- Southern Hospital Group: at Shoalhaven and Milton-Ulladulla Hospitals.
Our departments offer both diagnostic examinations and imaging guided procedures. We employ a range of staff including Radiologists and Nuclear Medicine Physicians, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Registrars, Radiographers and Nuclear Medicine Technologists, Registered Nurses; plus our friendly and skilled Administration and Technical staff.
Our Systems
Our Systems:
Medical Imaging uses an electronic systems to store and share images to health providers. These are Radiology Information Systems (RIS) and Picture Arching and Communication Systems (PACS). This system is in active use by front line clinicians within our 9 hospitals, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. It is connected to eMR (Electronic Medical Record), with real time messaging between the systems. This ensures safe and effective clinical workflow management.
Privacy and security
As a NSW Health agency, we will share your health information with the health providers you’ve approved through the My Health Record program. Our systems make sure your health information is kept private and secure, as required by law. My Health Record is not meant to replace, or be used instead of, the health records kept by health services. The goal of My Health Record is to give people an online tool to manage and view a summary of their health records, following national eHealth rules.
Our Services
X-rays
Available at the following Hospitals:
- Bulli Hospital and Aged Care Centre
- Wollongong Hospital
- Port Kembla Hospital
- Shellharbour Hospital
- Shoalhaven Hospital
- Milton-Ulladulla Hospital
MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scans
Ultrasound
sometimes called sonograms/sonographs:
CT (Computed Tomography) scans
previously known as CAT (computerised axial tomography) scans
Nuclear Scans
such as cardiac, bone, thyroid and SPECT scans, including therapeutic procedures
Interventional Radiology
Radiologists treat abscesses, pain conditions, blocked arteries and tumours using images obtained by fluoroscopy, CT, ultrasound and MRI:
Fluoroscopy
a continuous X-ray similar to an ‘X-ray movie’
Click here for a full list of ISLHD Medical Imaging locations
