Soon, 34 metropolitan hospitals and clinics throughout the state of Iowa will be experiencing streamlined workflow and improved productivity.
That’s because Iowa Health System – the state’s first and largest integrated health system – has partnered with McKesson for an enterprise Horizon Medical Imaging™ Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) implementation.
Iowa Health System conducts an increasing number of procedures every year, and needed a solution that could help physicians and staff deliver high-quality, timely patient care now and in the future.
The healthcare system chose McKesson to replace its former PACS vendor in order to meet its growing diagnostic imaging needs.
For healthcare organizations large and small, the decision to upgrade from a first-generation
With 800 physicians and support staff, multiple remote facilities, and an image and information volume of a hospital twice its size, it might seem unlikely that a medical center could go live with an integrated RIS/PACS in less than 45 days.