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A Remedy for Health Care Archival Ills

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A new archiving solution promises to make data storage and retrieval easier, less time-intensive and more cost-efficient for health care companies dealing with mountains of data they need to save and comb through later.

BridgeHead Software's PACStore tool also aims to foster improved diagnostics, since health care professionals can search for medical images stored in proprietary picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) instead of hitting disparate platforms to pull together treatment files.

"We call it 'c-discovery,' meaning clinician's discovery," said CEO Tony Cotteril, referring to the e-discovery features now commonplace in archiving tools designed for corporate users. E-discovery has proven particularly useful in the legal and financial industries, where retention and other compliance issues are key concerns. Health care companies also face their own compliance issues, not the least of which is HIPAA.

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