About PACS

PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

Picture an integrated system that stores x-rays, scans, readings, interpretations and notes electronically, and, at a touch of a button, sends any or as many documents as required, to any doctor or health professional who is authorized to access the information! That's a PACS system. The system serves as a secure database for medical images and related patient information and history, allowing information to be stored, recalled, displayed, enhanced, manipulated and printed digitally from anywhere at anytime!!

Benefits of PACS

• Simultaneous access allows consultations between physicians to be easy, leading to a better diagnosis process, a decreased exam-to-diagnosis time and better healthcare delivery.
• Rapid simultaneous access becomes even more critical in emergency situations, when physicians and specialists can view a patient’s radiological and other images as soon as they are available on the network making real-time consultation possible.
• Significantly able to digitally enhance images, providing more detailed, sharper images that can dramatically improve the diagnostic capabilities of an exam. This reduces or eliminates the need for retakes
• Archives at secure locations provide permanent image storage and manage the transfer and retrieval of all images and relevant information at any time and from any place.
• Digitally stored, secure images that can be instantaneously sent wherever required, also means facilities can eliminate the considerable cost of films, handling and storage.  This allows the facility to take another step towards a paperless environment. Hardcopy films or paper printouts can be made whenever traditional archiving is required.
• Allows facilities to implement a simplified workflow and thus enhance productivity.

In summary, PACS technology

• Supports clinicians to perform in and contribute to a more efficient and advanced healthcare industry
• Creates a near filmless process
• Offers the flexibility of digital systems
• Removes costs associated with hard film
• Releases valuable space currently used for storage