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darbym82

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Briefly define and discuss PACS.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following would not be a behavioral history finding?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) is a system that transmits, stores, retrieves, and displays digital imagesand communicates the information over a network. PACS is a server. The standard communication protocols of imaging devices are called digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM).
The use of PACS to transmit and store digital images offers new speed in transmission of digital images. The copy is available as soon as the original. There is no need to move patients to a facility that has better imaging equipment. PACS moves the images and makes the images available to any authorized physician.

Answer to Question 2

Drug allergies



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