Mexico hospital deploys EBM web-based PACS

Galenia Hospital in Cancun, Mexico, has gone live with a multi-department web-based PACS from EBM Technologies. 

The solution will provide enterprise-wide imaging and information workflow environment for the hospital’s radiology, cardiology and other image-producing departments, according to the Honolulu, Hawaii-based EBM. 

EBM said its solution provides a scalable system that integrates image display functionality into existing EMR solutions. The EBM solution also included EBM 3D and UniServer. 

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