The renaissance of PACS -- and why it didn't deconstruct

Five years ago saw the birth of "deconstructed PACS" -- the idea that hospitals...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Revisiting deconstructed PACS: Part 2 Revisiting deconstructed PACS: Part 1 The time is now for deconstructed PACSComments: 1/17/2019 6:31:05 AMThePACSman                 I read this at 3:45 am and started walking out my office door to get the kids to bring them down to the fallout shelter and then realized they were grown and gone already and I didn’t have to save them.                   Few stories have caused more controversy than ones dealing with Deconstructed PACS (DP). As the day goes on I have no doubt its leading supporter will chime in as may others. I have written about it several times on AM as well since 2014 and each time I have been “corrected” on how I am wrong I am about DP about it so I just smile, listen and respect everyone’s position.                   From my perspective the whole “PACS is dead” movement was more a marketing ploy than anything else. After all, how else can you jump start an independent PACS consulting practice after being in the vendor side of the house for 11 years then by creating an industry-wide controversy? And what a controversy it caused!! Lines were drawn in the sand and, with support from heavy hitters in SIIM, v...
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