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RSS pacsLeading European Healthcare Facilities Improves Efficiencies & Safety With a 3Com Secure Converged Gigabit Network
White Paper The clinic relies on a LAN to distribute applications like Kodak PACS systems to 100 computers and workstations. The traffic generated by the patient management and PACS systems began to tax the clinic's network, as did frequent backups of medical... [11 Oct 2006]
Accenture pulls out of £12.4bn NHS IT project
News Accenture will hand over its delivery obligations for CfH to CSC by 8 January 2007 but will retain responsibility for delivering the Picture Archiving and Communication (Pacs) digital X-ray systems to the NHS. [28 Sep 2006]
Google gets political
News Apple and IBM are among the large companies that have refrained from forming PACs so far. Just in time for November elections in the US, Google confirmed on Monday it filed the federal paperwork necessary to set up a political action committee, or... [19 Sep 2006]
Thames Valley Hospital Planning Partnership Improves Patient Care and Reduces Costs With HP Medical Archiving Solution
White Paper To provide the services, the partnership turned to a PACS medical imaging solution, and to the HP Medical Archiving Solution. The Thames Valley Hospital Planning Partnership, composed of eight healthcare institutions in southwestern Ontario, was... [25 Aug 2006]
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Improves Efficiency and Patient Care
White Paper To maintain its position as a healthcare innovator, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics knew it had to update its original PACS with a digital solution that could support advanced imaging modalities that produce high volumes of images, as... [23 Aug 2006]
Plasmon Case Study: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
White Paper In order to tackle this challenge MHH needed to upgrade their existing PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System) infrastructure to support greater storage volumes and provide a more robust disaster recovery strategy that prevents the loss... [18 Aug 2006]
Plasmon Case Study: Lourdes Medical Pavilion (LMP)
White Paper In order to keep pace with an increasing amount of imaging data and continue to offer the most advanced image-intensive services available, LMP needed to upgrade the PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System) they purchased in 1999. [18 Aug 2006]
Plasmon Case Study: Cabell Huntington Hospital (CHH)
White Paper The solution included a GE Healthcare PACS and a Plasmon UDO (Ultra Density Optical) Archive Appliance (AA438) as the final piece of their three-tier storage system. Cabell Huntington Hospital (CHH) opened its doors in 1956 and today serves as a... [18 Aug 2006]
Hospital puts wireless at heart of tech plans
Case Study Another programme involves making digital images from its Picture Archiving and Communication System (Pacs) and letting doctors have access to images as they move around the wards. Peter Kennedy, a consultant radiologist at the trust, explained... [17 Aug 2006]
Digital X-ray plan hits halfway in London and south
News NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) said 50 per cent of trusts - 33 - now have the Picture Archiving and Communications System (Pacs) deployed. Pacs allows X-rays and scans to be stored electronically and viewed on screens, rather than on the old-style... [09 Aug 2006]
Health First Uses Cisco Optical Network to Power the Critical Healthcare Applications of Today and Tomorrow
White Paper But by 2004, as use of the clinical applications - especially the Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) - expanded, the organization was outgrowing its WAN. Health First is one of the fastest growing healthcare organizations in Central... [09 Aug 2006]
HP Medical Image Storage Solution Is Picture Perfect for Banner Health
White Paper Banner turned to HP when the Arizona Regional Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) Archive needed to house and ensure the integrity, availability, and security of this confidential data in accordance with the federal government's... [28 Jul 2006]
NHS "disappointed" by digital imaging delays
News The Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (Pacs) will replace traditional film-based images. Pacs also supports the storage and transmission of moving images such as ultrasound scans. But in a statement NHS Connecting for Health (CfH), which... [13 Mar 2006]
The nine projects at the heart of NHS IT
News Picture Archiving and Communications System (Pacs) The high-speed broadband network is vital to the delivery of new services such as Pacs (Picture Archiving and Communications System) and electronic prescriptions. [19 Jan 2006]
NHS inks digital X-ray deals
News The NHS has cemented the final deals which will see it roll out a digital Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (Pacs) across England. Pacs also supports the storage and transmission of moving images such as ultrasound scans. [08 Sep 2005]
