Traditional film-based diagnostic images have been replaced by direct digital images throughout the Evergreen system. With digital images and Evergreen’s image archiving system, physicians now have immediate access to high-quality patient scans on dedicated computers throughout Evergreen Hospital Medical Center.

The images can also be shared with multiple hospital departments at the same time. A surgeon can be viewing images right in the operating room while those same images are being viewed and interpreted by a radiologist in Diagnostic Imaging, saving valuable time. In the future, physicians will even be able to access images from their office computer using a secure password – no more waiting for films to be processed and delivered to them. It all adds up to quicker diagnosis for patients.