• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.102-112
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• 2011

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of chronic exposure by welders to manganese (Mn) through an analysis of the degree of brain activity in different activities such as cognition and motor activities using the neuroimaging technique of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The neurotoxic effect that Mn has on the brain was examined as well as changes in the neuro-network in motor areas, and the usefulness of fMRI was evaluated as a tool to determine changes in brain function from occupational exposure to Mn. Methods: A survey was carried out from July 2010 to October 2010 targeting by means of a questionnaire 160 workers from the shipbuilding and other manufacturing industries. Among them, 14 welders with more than ten years of job-related exposure to Mn were recruited on a voluntary basis as an exposure group, and 13 workers from other manufacturing industries with corresponding gender and age were recruited as a control group. A questionnaire survey, a blood test, and an fMRI test were carried out with the study group as target. Results: Of 27 fMRI targets, blood Mn concentration of the exposure group was significantly higher than that of the control group (p<0.001), and Pallidal Index (PI) of the welder group was also significantly higher than that of the control group (p<0.001). As a result of the survey, the score of the exposure group in self-awareness of abnormal nerve symptoms and abnormal musculoskeletal symptoms was higher than those of the control group, and there was a significant difference between the two groups (p<0.05, respectively). In the correlation between PI and the results of blood tests, the correlation coefficient with blood Mn concentration was 0.893, revealing a significant amount of correlation (p<0.001). As for brain activity area within the control group, the right and the left areas of the superior frontal cortex showed significant activity, and the right area of superior parietal cortex, the left area of occipital cortex and cerebellum showed significant activity. Unlike the control group, the exposure group showed significant activity selectively on the right area of premotor cortex, at the center of supplementary motor area, and on the left side of superior temporal cortex. In the comparison of brain activity areas between the two groups, the exposure group showed a significantly higher activation state than did the control group in such areas as the right and the left superior parietal cortex, superior temporal cortex, and cerebellum including superior frontal cortex and the right area of premotor cortex. However, in nowhere did the control group show a more activated area than did the exposure group. Conclusions: Chronic exposure to Mn increased brain activity during implementation of hand motor tasks. In an identical task, activation increased in the premotor cortex, superior temporal cortex, and supplementary motor area. It was also discovered that brain activity increase in the frontal area and occipital area was more pronounced in the exposure group than in the control group. This result suggests that chronic exposure to Mn in the work environment affects brain activation neuro-networks.

• 한국노년학
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.1409-1427
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• 2010

본 연구의 목적은 K지역의 노인복지회관에서 자원봉사활동을 하고 있는 노인자원봉사자의 봉사경험을 내부자적 관점에서 이해하고 그 의미를 파악하는데 있다. 연구대상은 노인복지회관에서 자원봉사활동을 하고 있는 노인자원봉사자 15명과 2명의 사회복지사이고, 연구는 2009년 9월 2일부터 10월 21일까지 관찰과 심층면담을 통한 질적 연구방법을 사용하였다. 자료 분석은 질적 분석 프로그램인 Nvivo 2.0을 활용하였고, 분석된 자료는 Strauss와 Corbin의 근거이론에 따라 분석하였다. 연구결과, 노인의 자원봉사경험에 대한 의미는 크게 고령화 사회의 노인 정체성, 노인자원봉사를 통한 욕구 충족, 심신 건강을 돕는 다양한 여가활동, 노화에 대한 수용적 태도, 가족으로부터의 정서적 지지, 개인의 적성과 능력에 적합한 활동 찾기, 장애에 대한 인식 변화, 의미 있는 노년기를 보내기 위한 노력 등 8가지 요인으로 도출되었다. 본 연구에서 얻어진 결과와 논의를 통해서 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 첫째, 노인자원봉사에 있어 고령화 사회의 노인 정체성, 노화에 대한 수용적 태도, 가족으로부터의 정서적 지지는 참여 유발 요소이다. 둘째, 노인자원봉사 활성화를 위해 개인의 적성과 능력에 적합한 활동이 이루어져야 한다. 셋째, 노인자원봉사 참여는 노인자원봉사를 통한 욕구충족, 심신건강을 돕는 여가활동, 장애에 대한 인식변화 등의 삶의 변화가 나타난다.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2006

목 적: 방사선사로서 근무부서에 따라 보건복지부령 제349호에 따른 '방사선관계종사자'와 원자력법 제2조 21항의 '방사선 작업종사자'로 분류되고 있다. 따라서 방사선관계종사자와 방사선작업종사자에 따른 법률, 시행령, 시행규칙을 분석하여 방사선관계 법 개정 시 체계적으로 구축하는데 도움을 주고자 한다. 2차, 3차 의료기관에서는 보건복지부와 과학기술부에서 이중규제를 받으므로 의료기관에서의 방사선관계법 적용에 관하여 보건복지부로 이관하여 법적용이 이루어지도록 하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 방사선사에 관하여 의료기사 등에 관한 법률 시행령 시행규칙과 방사선관계 종사자에 관하여는 진단용방사선발생장치의 안전관리에 관한 규칙 그리고 방사선작업종사자에 관하여 원자력법 시행령 시행규칙을 수집하여 근무부서에 따른 명칭, 유효선량한도, 보수교육 및 교육 훈련, 방사선사의 건강진단 시기, 방사선구역, 방사선안전관리책임자 자격기준, 방사선 기기의 검사 시기 등을 비교 분석하였다. 결 과: 방사선사 중에서도 진단방사선과에 근무하는 경우에는 의료법에 의해 '방사선관계종사자'라는 명칭을 사용하고 있으며, 방사선종양학과나 핵의학과에 근무하는 방사선사는 원자력법에 의해 '방사선작업종사자'라는 명칭을 사용하고 있다. 유효선량한도는 연간 20 mSv로 동일하지만 방사선관계종사자의 경우는 피폭선량관리센터를 구축 중에 있는 반면, 방사선작업종사자의 피폭선량은 2002년 국가방사선작업종사자 안전관리센터를 발족하여 현재 시행 중에 있다. 방사선사 보수교육은 연간 8시간 이상 받게 되어 있으며, 방사선관계종사자는 진단용 방사선 안전관리책임자의 자체교육훈련으로 실시하는 반면에 방사선작업종사자는 작업종사전 교육 훈련을 20시간, 정기적 교육 훈련을 매년 6시간 이상이며, 건강진단 시기는 진단용 방사선발생장치의 안전관리에 관한 규칙에서 방사선관계종사자는 2년마다 실시하고 있으며, 원자력법 시행규칙에 의한 방사선작업종사자는 매년 실시하고 있다. 진단용방사선발생장치를 설치한 장소 중 외부방사선량이 1주당 $300{\mu}Sv$ 이상인 곳을 '방사선구역'으로 설정하고 있는 반면에 외부 방사선량률이 $400{\mu}Sv$을 초과하는 구역을 '방사선관리구역'으로 설정하고 있다. 임신이 확인된 여성의 방사선작업종사자는 임신이 확인된 시점부터 출산 시까지 하복부 표면에서의 등가선량한도를 2 mSv로 명시되어 있는데, 임신이 확인된 여성의 방사선관계종사자의 선량한도는 누락되어 있다. 결 론: 방사선사로서 근무 환경에 따라 방사선관계종사자나 방사선작업종사자의 명칭과 방사선구역이나 방사선관리구역의 용어, 그리고 건강진단 시기의 통일과 외부방사선량률에 대한 수치도 통일되어야 할 것이다. 방사선사 보수교육과 방사선작업종사자의 정기적 교육 훈련이 따로 관리되고 있지만 방사선작업종사자의 정기적 교육 훈련이 더 엄격하게 진행되므로, 부서 관의 협력으로 방사선사 보수교육에 합산하는 방안이 필요할 것이다. 임신이 확인된 방사선관계종사자의 피폭관리도 새로이 반영되어야 할 것이다. 따라서 업무의 특성상 사용되는 특별한 용어 외에 공통적으로 사용되는 용어의 통일은 반드시 필요하며, 방사선분야의 법, 시행령, 시행규칙, 고시 등의 개정 시 반드시 방사선 관련 부서의 해당기관과 합의하여 개정되어야 할 것이고, 대한방사선사협회에서는 방사선사에 대한 법률을 구체적이고 체계적으로 명시할 필요성이 있다고 생각된다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.442-448
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• 2016

연구목적은 의료용 방사선 장비를 운용하는 병원의 근무지별 종사자와 동일한 구역에서 임상실습을 수행한 학생과의 피폭선량을 비교하여 실습학생의 체계적인 피폭관리의 당위성을 제시하고자 하였다. 연구대상은 2014년 7월부터 8월까지 C대학병원 방사선구역에서 임상실습을 이수한 121명의 학생과 동 의료기관에 재직중인 종사자 62명(영상의학과 47명, 방사선종양학과 8명, 핵의학과 7명)을 대상으로 연구하였다. 연구방법은 측정을 위해 임상실습 기간인 8주간의 피폭선량을 측정하였으며, 종사자는 영상의학, 방사선종양학, 핵의학분야 종사자의 4개 그룹으로 구분하여 8주간의 심부선량과 표층선량을 비교하였다. 선량측정은 OSLD를 이용하였으며, 각 그룹의 평균의 차이는 분산분석(ANOVA)을 수행하였고 사후검정으로는 Duncan의 중다검정방법(muliple range test)을 이용하여 유의성을 분석하였다. 연구결과 심부선량은 영상의학과 $0.127{\pm}0.331mSv$, 방사선종양학과 $0.01{\pm}0.003mSv$, 핵의학과 $0.431{\pm}0.205mSv$, 실습생 $0.143{\pm}0.136mSv$로 나타났다. 표층선량은 영상의학과 $0.131{\pm}0.331mSv$, 방사선종양학과 $0.009{\pm}0.003mSv$, 핵의학과 $0.445{\pm}0.198mSv$, 실습생 $0.151{\pm}0.14mSv$로 나타났으며, 두 선량에서 모두 통계적으로 매우 유의한 차이를 보였다(p<.01). 연구결과를 통하여 실습생의 평균선량이 핵의학 종사자를 제외한 나머지 그룹보다 높게 나타났으므로 향후 방사선방어 측면에서 관리 대상자에 포함하여 체계적인 개인피폭 관리가 이루어지도록 개선이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.140-151
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• 2015

본 연구는 정신장애인을 대상으로 이루어지는 프로그램에 클라이언트 참여와 자기결정의 가치를 실현하기 위하여 컨셉트 맵핑을 적용한 것이다. 컨셉트 맵핑이 적용되는 프로그램은 A광역시의 B사회복귀시설에서 시행되는 것으로, 정신장애인들이 독거노인과 함께 음식을 교류하며 소통하는 사업이였다. 컨셉트 맵핑을 통해서 정신장애인과 사회복귀시설 종사자가 기대하고 있는 프로그램의 성과가 무엇인지 서로 확인하고, 합의해 나가게 되었다. 정신장애인과 사회복귀시설 종사자 총 24명이 참여하였으며, 총 여섯단계를 거쳤다. 42개의 서술문이 수집되었으며, 분류화 결과, 정신장애인은 6개의 군집, 사회복귀시설 종사자는 3개의 군집이 도출되었다. 사회복귀시설 종사자보다 정신장애인들이 기대성과를 더 세분화시켜 분류하였다. 서로가 기대하는 성과의 차이를 확인하고 기대성과의 중요성을 측정하여 최종적으로 합의된 3가지의 기대성과를 도출하였다. 이번 연구를 통해서 정신장애인들의 프로그램 참여와 그에 따른 자기결정의 가치를 실현하는데 컨셉트 맵핑이 가지는 유용성을 경험적으로 확인할 수 있게 되었다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.77-101
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• 1997

In September 1994, residents of Gozan-dong, Incheon City, made a petition to the government about their health problems which might be caused by previous glass fibre landfill nearby 'H' company. In february 1995, at regular academic meeting of occupational and environmental medicine, a research team of 'D' University presented that they had found glass fibres in groundwater of the area through their survey. They were suspicious of probable association between ingestion of groundwater contaminated with glass fibres and skin tumors among residents. A joint research team was formed and carried out the survey of environment concerning groundwater and its glass fibre existence, and health assessment of residents in the area and industrial workers of 'H' company during May to November, 1995. Analysis of groundwater flow system indicates that the flow lines from the glass fibre landfill pass through or terminate at the 6 houses around the landfill. This means that the groundwater of the 6 houses around the glass fibre landfill could be affected by some possible contaminants from the landfill, but the groundwater quality of the other houses was irrelevant to the landfill. The qualitative and qualitative analyses for glass fibres in 54 groundwater samples including those from the nearby 6 houses, were carried out using SEM equipped with EDS, resulting in no evidence for the presence of glass fibres in the waters. Major precipitates, formed in waters while boiling, were identified as calcium carbonates, in particulary, aragonites in needle form. The results of health assessments of 889 residents in Gozan-dong, participated in this study, showed statistically significant differences in past medical histories of skin tumor and respiratory disease between the exposed group (31 persons who inhabited in 6 houses around the landfill) and the control group, but no significant differences in past medical histories of other diseases, such as cancer mortality, current gastroscopic findings, current skin diseases and respiratory diseases, etc. Also, we could not prove any glass fibres in excised specimens of 9 skin tumors in both groups and there were no health problems possibly associated with glass fibres in employees of the 'H' company. After all, we could not authenticate the association, raised by prior investigators, between groundwater streams, assumedly contaminated with glass fibres or not, and specific disease morbidities or common disease/symptom prevalences. That is, we could not find any glass fibres in groundwater as the only exposure factor of this study hypothesis, and there were not enough certain evidences such as increasing disease prevalences, for examples, skin, respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases etc, possibly related to glass fibre exposure, in exposed group. As a matter of course, the conditions for confirming causal association, for example, strength of the association, consistency of the association, specificity of the association, temporality of the association and dose-response relationship etc, have not been satisfied. In conclusion, we were not able to certify the hypothesis that contamination of groundwater with glass fibres might cause any hazardous health effects in residents who used it for drinking.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.377-383
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• 2017

건강검진의 증가와 함께 검진 차량을 이용한 건강검진의 수효 또한 증가하는 추세로, 검진 차량에서의 흉부 방사선검사 시 피폭선량에 대해서도 간과할 수 없다. 실제 피사체가 있을 때 피사체의 체질량지수(BMI), 관전류량(mAs)과의 비교를 통해 산란선 발생량을 측정하여 불필요한 피폭을 최소화할 수 있는 방법을 찾고자 한다. 본 연구의 결과 대상자 BMI 전체 평균은 $23.31{\pm}3.12$으로 남자가 여자보다 BMI 값이 높게 나타났다. 전체 평균 mAs값은 $2.92{\pm}1.19$으로 남자가 여자에 비하여 높게 나타났다. 검사실 내부 위치 1의 산란선 전체 평균값은 $771.81{\pm}151.15{\mu}Sv/hr$로 나타났다. 검사실 출입문 외부 위치 2의 산란선 전체 평균값은 $53.86{\pm}25.66{\mu}Sv/hr$로 측정되었다. 이에 BMI나 mAs가 증가할수록 검사실 내부 위치 1과 외부 위치 2에서의 공간산란선량은 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 건강검진 차량에서의 피폭선량은 거리역자승법칙을 적용하기에 매우 좁은 공간으로 공간산란선의 피폭을 최대한 줄이기 위해 방사선 관계종사자는 영상의 품질을 저해하지 않는 범위 내에서 가능한 낮은 조사조건으로 검사하고, 검사실 출입문 근처에 검사자가 대기하지 않도록 하는 노력이 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.325-341
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• 2011

Objectives : This research has investigated the reality of the education of the claim and the degree of the education for the claimed of the dentistry recuperation organization in the Daejeon and Chuncheong are for the improvement of the problem in the medical expenses. Methods : It use as a basic data for the vitalizations of the education and performed the survey in the dentistry recuperation organization in the Daejeon and ChungCheong Nam BukDo which are registered in the evaluating organization for judging the health insurance in the present May 2010, and concluded just like the below. Results : 1. The education of the claim in the requirer in the dentistry recuperation organization, and the education of the claim was especially lacking when the dentist was studying in the university, and the dental hygienist had the similar educational experience in the school and the clinic (p<0.05) 2. Most of the requirer in the dental recuperation organization was hoping to get the education related to the claim work, but the dentist and the nurse's aid was relatively low (p<0.05) 3. For fixing the error of the claim, the participation and the extension of the judging standard of the insurance was the highest among the university subordinate dental hospital/dental hospital, but the health center was relatively low (p<0.05). 4. The dentist feels the economic burden in employing the special employee because the raising of the special judging people, compared to others, but the staffs such as the dental hygienist preferred it as one of ways to fix the error of the claim of the dental insurance (p<0.05) 5. Both dentists and the dental hygienist said proper time to teach the insurance was all needed in the school, and the clinic, but other workers relatively believed it should be held in the clinic (p<0.05). 6. The important factors to decide the participation of the lecture was in order of the contents of the lecture, the place of the lecture, the amount for the lecture, the superintendent of the lecture, whether it has gone through the educational score, and whether it has passed the conserving educational score was relatively less important in the university subordinate dentist/dentist, but the medical center was very effective as 4.50 (p<0.05) 7. Health Insurance Review and assessment service was very high as the managing department for supplying the lecture and the information, 70.5%, and the next was the Korean Dental Association/ Korean dental hygiene association, but dentists were preferring the association to manage in than the Health Insurance Review and assessment service to manage (p<0.05) 8. In preferring lecture for the inquiring the insurance, periodontal surgery was the highest as 4.51, the diagnosis standard for injection was high in the university subordinate hospital/dentists, and the more the year of the insurance inquiry, the less the doctor who was hoping for the lecture about the basic treatment. Conclusions : Taken together, it is decided that the inquiry education about the medical expense in the dentist, so the consistent and systematic education should be held to the related people, and from this, it is thought to reduce the problem of the inquiry of the medical expenses by fostering the knowledge and supplying the information which are related to the inquiry of the dentists.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.123-144
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• 2009

Recently, a long strike by hospital labor union emerged as a serious social issue. During the Worldcup Games in June, 2002, labor strikes broke up at 'C', 'K' and other hospitals, and in 2007, 'Y' hospital suffered much from a strike. Such series of extreme labor disputes have awakened people of importance of a more stable labor-management relationship for the medical institutions responsible for people's health than any other business organization. The purpose of this study was to examine the labor-management disputes at 'Y' hospital in 2007 and 'C' and 'K' hospitals in 2002. The results of this study can be summarized as follows; First, requests of the labor union such as pay raise, reemployment of the irregular workers as regular employees and participation of the labor union in personnel affairs are the long-held or core issues suffered by the medical institutions. Such issues are not independent from each other but complicated with each other surrounding the pay raise. Accordingly, it is not easy to determine the genuine bone of issue for labor-management disputes. Second, the model type of disputes between labor and management at medical institutions may be strike. However, it is conceived that the type of disputes would be subject to change as the essential medical service area system began to be operated since 2008. Third, the common characteristic of the labor strike among the 3 sample hospitals was occupation of the hospital lobby for a sit-in strike to maximize the negative effects of strike. Article 42 (Prohibition of Violence) of Labor Union and Labor Relation Coordination Act prohibits occupation of production or other important business facilities. In addition, since Ministry of Labor interprets that the hospital lobby belongs to the important business facilities enumerated by Article 42 of the above act, occupation of the hospital lobby for a sit-in strike may be too controversial to be admitted as a fair act of labor dispute when its legitimacy should be judged. Fourth, the counter-measures taken by the hospitals against the strike were observance of the principle 'no labor no pay,' closure, legal action, accusation, claim for recovery of damage, provisional seizure, disciplinary punishment, etc., but the principle of 'no labor, no pay' was not applied in a fair manner by 'C' and 'K' hospitals. However, 'Y' hospital applied this principle thoroughly to the strike; the hospital conduced to correction of the wrong labor-management relationship by refusing inclusion in the labor collective agreement of a provision about payment of wage during the period of strike or labor union's request to that effect during a strike. In addition, 'Y' hospital took an effective measure to end the strike earlier by notifying the labor union of cancellation of the collective agreement and banning the unionists from entering the hospital.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.513-523
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• 2021

The purpose of this study was to discuss the required items and feasibility of medical records of radiological examinations performed by radiological technologists at medical institutions. An online survey was conducted to a total of 10,000 radiation-related workers, of which 1,026 (10.3%) responded. As a research method, self-made questionnaires were used. The online survey was conducted from September 10 to September 20, 2021 for the survey period. For response data, a Chi-square test was performed according to demographic characteristics using SPSS 27.0 version (IBM Inc., Chicago, Ill, USA), and it was judged to be significant when the P value was less than 0.05. The reliability of the questionnaire response was found to be Chronbach α=0.933. More than 90% of the medical records related to radiological examinations are necessary, and they answered that a curriculum, remuneration curriculum, and legal system for medical records should be prepared. More than 90% of the respondents agreed with the proposal of the Radiological Technologist Independent Act for legal preparation, and most of the information required for medical records is currently recorded in DICOM images. According to the demographic characteristics, the medical record requirement for radiological examination, curriculum, continuing education, and legislation were found to be higher with higher education and higher with longer working experience. In addition, most of the radiology departments showed a high demand for medical records, so most of them responded positively to the medical records requirements for radiological examinations. This study analyzed the medical record requirements for radiological examinations, and as shown in the results, medical record requirements for radiological examinations was found that most radiological technologists felt need for the new law and supported it. In addition, if the information recorded in the DICOM image is used, it is considered that medical records could be easily prepared without additional work by the radiological technologists.