Philips updates imaging informatics at Florida facility

Philips Healthcare has entered into an eight-year replacement contract for its iSite PACS and Xcelera systems with the Lakeland Regional Medical Center of Central Florida’s radiology and cardiology departments.

Philips said its iSite PACS will allow images to be available anywhere throughout the Lakeland Regional clinical community, and the Xcelera system will supply a single point of access to data from key cardiac subspecialties.

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