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What we do

Medical imaging services at the Royal Adelaide Hospital are provided by South Australia Medical Imaging (SAMI). 

SAMI is a statewide service providing medical imaging services to public and private inpatients, outpatients, and emergency department patients in seven metropolitan and four country South Australian hospitals.

Services at the RAH

  • Angiography / Interventional Procedures
  • Bone Densitometry
  • Breath Testing
  • Computer Tomography (CT)
  • Digital Fluoroscopy
  • Dental
  • General Nuclear Medicine
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • Mammography
  • Nuclear Medicine Therapy
  • Positron Emission Tomography (PET / CT)
  • Ultrasound
  • X-ray (general and specialised). 

Where to find us

Medical imaging
Outpatient department, Level 3 (ground floor), Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Office hours: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday.

Nuclear medicine
Level 2E, Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Office hours: 8:30am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday.

You need a referral from a GP or medical practitioner to access this service.

Your privacy

SA Medical Imaging (SAMI) is committed to protecting and respecting patients’ privacy. All information is securely stored on patient information systems. Patient information and results will only be released to people that are authorised to view it, for example the referring doctor and the radiology staff looking after the patient whilst in the radiology department.

Your rights and responsibilities

Patients have the right to be well informed about their X-ray, scan or procedure prior to their examination and are responsible for the decisions made about their own health care. At SAMI we help patients to make informed decisions and assist with any concerns.

SAMI is committed to ensuring the rights of patients and consumers. For more information refer to the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights. The charter allows patients, consumers, families, carers and health care services to share an understanding of the rights of people receiving health care. Your Rights and Responsibilities is the charter for consumers of the SA health system.

Before a doctor, nurse or any health care practitioner can examine or treat you, they usually need your consent or permission. This could simply mean following their suggestions, such as the doctor asking you if they can take your blood pressure and you position your arm so they can do the task. Sometimes, depending on the seriousness of the proposed treatment or procedure or if it involves an anaesthetic they will ask you to sign a consent form. If you later change your mind, you can withdraw that consent, even if you have signed a form.

It is important that you have sufficient information so that you understand and make an appropriate decision about that proposed treatment or procedure. The consent forms and patient information sheets provide information such as what the procedure and the anaesthetic involves, what to expect before and after the procedure or treatment, the risks and benefits and any alternative options that maybe available to you. Providing this information assists you to become more actively involved in your own health care decision making.

Always discuss your treatment or procedure with your doctor, nurse or health care practitioner.

SAMI offer a variety of request forms that are designed to print from your Practice Management System.

SAMI has developed a printing coordinate sheet (PDF 195KB) for practice printers, to ensure fields print clearly when using our request forms.

If you would like to order some request forms to be delivered to your practice, please contact the SAMI site most convenient to your location to arrange delivery.

To download / print referral forms

If you would like to download / print referral forms please select form below:

Results and image access

SAMI offers two platforms for electronic delivery of reports and images, Zed and SAMIView.

For SA Health employees

SAMIView

If you are already an employee of SA Health, you will have access to review images and reports at your SA Health workplace through electronic medical record (EMR) linking to ESMI Vue Motion.

If you wish to access images and reports outside of the SA Health network, use the SAMIView online portal, and refer to the SA Health employee setup guide (PDF 2.3MB) for more information.

For external referrers, outside of SA Health

SAMIView

SAMIView is a web based portal providing clinical staff outside of SA Health access to medical images and reports performed by SA Medical Imaging (SAMI). It is an expansion of ESMI Vue Motion utilised by SA Health clinicians.

To gain access to SAMIView, complete the External Referrer Access form (PDF 429KB) and email it to Health.SAMIReferrerSupport@sa.gov.au.

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