DeJarnette to migrate PACS at Philips site

DeJarnette Research Systems Inc. has inked a contract with Philips Medical Systems for the migration of PACS data at University Hospital of Brooklyn, SUNY Downstate Medical Center. The contract marks DeJarnette's 10th data migration project and fourth PACS migration channel partner.

Dejarnette said the migration will utilize its PACSware Migration Gateway 2.0 toolkit technology. The Microsoft Windows-based toolkit supports the migration of PACS data from a legacy PACS to a new PACS.

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