Exam Image Availability

DRC's state-of-the-art PACS technology offers you immediate access to the images of your radiologic exam.  No longer does your physician have to wait to have copies of your films made.  Although we can still print your X-ray on film for you with just 24 hours notice, your physician can now review your exam images immediately via the Internet.  We offer safe and secure web access for your physician through Specialty Networks.  Your privacy and HIPPA compliance is assured.

Images on a CD

If your physician prefers, the digital images from your study can be written to a CD-ROM, giving him/her a permanent record that can be accessed easily and quickly via a computer.  CDs hold multiple studies and take up significantly less space than the traditional film in the brown envelope.  A 24-hour notice is also requested to create this digital record for you.

Versatile Image Viewing Options

Internet access to your studies for your doctor is available immediately after your pictures are taken.  Copies of your images can be obtained on a CD or on film with 24 hours notice.

Both Internet and CD viewing offer your physician the ability to digitally adjust your images in ways not possible with traditional X-ray film.  Using the computer, the image can be made lighter or darker or zoomed for better visualization of a particular portion, for example.  Your physician can fine-tune the images to accommodate his or her preferences.

Obtaining Copies of Your Images

To receive a CD or film copies of exam images, please follow these steps:

1. Call the location where your examination was performed (please refer to the locations page).  Please provide your name and other identifying information along with the study being requested.  With 24 hours notice, we can either create a CD-ROM or print a film for you.  Our representative at the imaging center will provide you with the times available to pick up the exam.

2. To protect your privacy, please be sure to bring a picture ID when you pick up your CD/films, you will have to sign a Medical Images Release form when receiving your CD/films.  If anyone else picks up your CD/films for you, please be sure to give him or her your written authorization to release your information to him or her.

3. If you would like us to send a copy of your study to a physician outside the DRC system, we will need a signed release from you along with the study you would like sent and the receiving doctor's name and address.  You can fax or deliver us that release in the form of a signed letter at the fax number listed on the locations page.  Please allow us plenty of time to send your films.

Any Costs

Currently the first set of films is provided at no cost to the patient.  There is no charge for CD-ROM's and, of course, the Internet is always free.