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RSS pacs in newsWireless hospital brings patient data to bedside
News A key driver for the project was to provide medical staff with patient X-rays and scans under the Picture Archiving and Communications System (Pacs) programme set up by Connecting For Health - part of the £12.4bn NHS national IT programme. [24 Jan 2008]
Confusion over Granger's NHS departure
News The rollout of the Pacs digital x-ray and scanning technology to health trusts across England was also completed in December. Confusion surrounds the future of the job running the NHS' £12.4bn flagship IT programme and the timetable for the... [15 Jan 2008]
NHS completes Pacs digital x-ray project
News The Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (Pacs) technology replaces the traditional method of using film and paper by allowing x-rays and scans to be stored digitally and accessed by health professionals on computers and laptops. [27 Dec 2007]
NHS claims IT success
News He cited the Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) as a "very significant success" of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in bringing about efficiency gains. Granger said: "We've implemented [PACS in]138 sites now in the NHS... [14 Jun 2007]
Home care moves into the 21st century
News The Picture Archiving and Communications System (Pacs) allows X-ray and scan images to be stored and viewed electronically, replacing film and paper. Across the UK, 92 trusts and 250 hospitals are currently using Pacs with the national rollout due... [23 May 2007]
Handsfree communicators speed up hospital work
News The Trust is also working on a number of other IT projects - such as the introduction of Picture Archiving and Communication System (Pacs) to replace old-style wet film X-rays. He said turnaround for images has gone down from days to the same day... [16 Nov 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]
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]
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]
NHS updates key targets in £6bn IT modernisation
News Other key deployment targets set out by the CfH business plan include the national NHS care record 'data spine' by the end of 2005; 50 per cent of the national electronic prescription service by the end of 2005; the ability to connect any NHS... [07 Sep 2005]
BT hit with £4.5m penalties for NHS broadband
News NPfIT is also behind on another key programme, the Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS). In "guidance" to PACS sub-contractors, NPfIT had stated it aimed to have 25 per cent of the programme completed by the end of March 2005. [16 Dec 2004]
Fujitsu Services seals £220m deal with NHS
News Called a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), it stores medical scans, such as X-rays, in digital format, reducing the cost of storing and developing film. Fujitsu says PACS will be in use across the southern region within three years... [21 May 2004]
