Dynamic Imaging awarded PACS contract

Good Samaritan Hospital has selected Dynamic Imaging to install a Web-based PACS at its 431-bed, level two trauma center affiliated with Catholic Health System of Long Island, N.Y. Good Samaritan has the second-busiest emergency room on Long Island.

Dynamic will integrate its IntegraWeb with the facility's digital radiography and computed radiography equipment. The PACS includes features such as 3D processing.

Dynamic has more than 120 U.S. installations.

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