Rural Hospital in Mineral County, Montana, Embraces TeleRadiology

The Clark Fork Chronicle - Foundation reaches its goal, new hospital technology on the way

The Mineral County Hospital is now hooked in with hospitals in Ronan, Anaconda, and Polson in a revolutionary new way for hospital to share data. The system is called the Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) and St. Luke’s in Ronan was the first hospital in Montana to use the system.

“That means that you can transmit X-rays and other MRI’s any way you want, around the world,” said Con Warren, vice president of the Hospital Foundation. “It means that our doctors can take an X-ray and immediately send it to a doctor in Missoula. As a rural hospital, it is a great advantage to have.”

Written by David on June 10th, 2007 with no comments.
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