“Interoperability is a major part of the HITECH Act, the healthcare IT portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, passed in February of 2009. And according to Dale Wiggins, chief technology officer of Philips Healthcare Patient Care and Clinical Informatics, it all starts with modalities.
“It’s important to providers that modalities (PACS, MRI, CT scans) integrate with the other legacy systems at their facilities,” said Wiggins. “Providers have orders that need to be filled and Philips is moving to make sure work flow is not interrupted”.”
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Kyle Hardy, Healthcare IT News, 20 May 2010
