GE Healthcare’s Centricity PACS system receives Infoway certification

GE Healthcare Canada, the first in its class to complete the Infoway certification process, continues to demonstrate leadership with the announcement of Infoway certification for a second diagnostic imaging product, the Centricity™ Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS).

"I congratulate GE Healthcare Canada for the successful certification of its PACS system, which dovetails with its Infoway-certified DI-r Diagnostic Imaging System," said Richard Alvarez, President and CEO, Canada Health Infoway (Infoway). "Digital diagnostic imaging has already played a role in generating significant improvements in access and efficiency, with further gains possible as interoperability increases and implementations mature."

"Receiving a second Canada Health Infoway certification, this time for our high performance Centricity™ PACS solution platform, represents our commitment to our customers, so they can better connect and collaborate to provide better patient care across the country as well as be assured that their PACS system investment is meeting Infoway's high standards for interoperability, privacy and security," said Mike Clarke, General Manager of GE Healthcare IT, Canada.

Centricity™ PACS offers a scalable imaging platform designed to optimize radiologist productivity, enhance clinical value and interoperate with existing electronic medical record systems.

Infoway Certification Services provides a national process to certify health information solutions that meet privacy, security, and interoperability criteria. It offers pre-implementation certification for the following technology classes:

• Consumer Health Application
• Consumer Health Platform
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Drug Information System
• Electronic Medical Record
• Immunization Registry
• Client Registry
• Provider Registry
• Ambulatory Electronic Medical Record