Minister attends live demonstration of new hospital technology

Mon, Apr 4th 2011, 11:00 PM

By DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@
tribunemedia.net

FREEPORT - Health Minister Dr Hubert Minnis was in Grand Bahama yesterday for the official launch of a 60-day pilot programme that allows digital diagnostic images to be viewed instantaneously at several clinics and hospitals in the Bahamas.

Through a partnership with the Florida-based Jackson Health System, four hospitals in the Bahamas, including the Rand Memorial Hospital and the Eight Mile Rock Clinic in Grand Bahama, and the Princess Margaret Hospital and South Beach Clinic in New Providence, will be part of a pilot programme using a new technology called PACS (Patient Archive and Communication System).

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