Imaging Centers come in a variety of sizes and ownership structures which can vastly impact the implementation and use of digital imaging. The Imaging Center PACS Learning Track will provide attendees with strategies needed to plan, implement and address the special needs of Imaging Centers.

The cross-enterprise document sharing for imaging (XDSi) profile was created by the Integration of the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) initiative to provide an industry blueprint which creates an environment through which image exchange is possible. The XDS profile forms the infrastructure of many of the Health Information Exchanges (HIE) that have been implemented or are under development today.

New mandates from the federal government are now urging health care organizations to focus on seamless and secure solutions for movement of health care records between providers and provider networks to minimize waste and medical errors. Paramount to these initiatives is the concept of a patient-centric health care record in which the patient has electronic control of all of their records.

In addition, this track will analyze the ever-growing need to maintain the seamless ability to share image data from imaging facilities to hospitals and vice versa.