Accurately and Efficiently Migrate Patient
Images and Data

Facilities of all sizes require continued access to historical patient data in order to provide quality patient care. They cannot afford a disruption to information access nor afford the cost of running duplicate systems during a system replacement. McKesson is your single-source provider, with the experience and knowledge to accurately, efficiently and quickly migrate all your patient images and corresponding data.

Find out how IASIS Healthcare Corporation of Franklin, Tenn. replaced their previous PACS and migrated 3.5 million exams to their new PACS in just 60 days

Data migration services offer you:

• Pre-sales migration assessments to reduce replacement costs and support customer understanding and confidence in the migration process
• Advanced, rapid migrations to retire legacy systems faster
  • Migration can occur prior to Horizon Medical Imaging™ PACS installation
  • Seamlessly integrates with Horizon Medical Imaging PACS to ensure data cleansing and data awareness.
  • McKesson is the only PACS vendor that is able to do this.

Iowa Health System Migrates Two Years of Data During New PACS Installation

In early 2009, Iowa Health System was rapidly approaching the breaking point with its first-generation PACS. The health system, which comprises 34 hospitals and clinics and is divided into seven regions within the state, was experiencing some severe "reliability" issues. According to Joy Grosser, Iowa Health's chief information officer, "Our system was growing and the PACS itself was becoming unstable." One issue that came up in the transition from an old to new PACS was data migration.

For Iowa Health, the PACS installation process ran from August through December and required more than 60 terabytes of data to be transferred. How did they do it? They turned to McKesson's Horizon Medical Imaging Professional Services™ expertise in data migration and were able to transfer two years of data during the installation process. The team finished the data migration process after the last "go live" was completed in December, while continuing to run their business by providing new and historical medical images to radiologists and referring physicians.

For more information about data migration or other professional services, please call 888.254.7227 or request more information.