Cloud-based Image Exchange enables Open and Secure Sharing of Medical Images, Health Records

A cloud-based system has been designed to securely upload and share medical images and findings between facilities.

PACSGEAR (Pleasanton, CA, USA), a provider of imaging connectivity for electronic health records (EHRs), developed the PACSGEAR Image Exchange as a low cost add-on to the company’s MediaWriter product line. PACSGEAR Image Exchange provides the user an option to either burn Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) studies to CD/DVD media or upload studies to a variety of cloud-based repositories.

“Customers want the option to share medical images electronically. When we looked at our technology, we realized that our customers already had the critical components in place to enable image sharing. The challenge was to make it easy and affordable,” said Eli Rapaich, PACSGEAR’s CEO. “Giving our customers the choice to either burn CDs or securely upload images to their favorite cloud-based vendors improves interoperability and facilitates health information exchange,” Mr. Rapaich said.

The PACSGEAR Image Exchange will be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM 2012) in Orlando, Florida from June 7-10, 2012.

PACSGEAR provides image connectivity solutions for medical image management (PACS) and electronic health record (EHR) systems to hospitals and healthcare facilities. Its industry-leading solutions seamlessly integrate documents, film, video, visible light, and other images from any department to any PACS/EHR. Healthcare personnel in specialties such as radiology, cardiology, gastroenterology, dermatology, pathology, and orthopedics can connect, view, and share images and results to enable health information exchange.

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