Reader Survey: Some, but not much progress for PACS in cardiology

Of readers responding to least week’s poll, well below half (38.5 percent) report that their cardiology department has integrated a PACS with other department health IT systems. About 31 percent reported PACS implementation without integration with other systems, while the same numbers of respondents have yet to invest in PACS.

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