dicom_guy

What about the marginal cost of each CD, a technicians time to burn it and the extra time for a patient to receive their images in a CD before they can share it with other providers? I went through this problem trying to get the X-rays for my grandma that got COVID.

I know in the state of California, the imaging centers own the data. I think it’s similar in other states which is why you see a lot of these institutions selling data to medical imaging AI startups.

Yeah who owns a CD drive anymore. It should be a free web-based viewer that lets you login securely, manage temporary links to other providers, and download for offline use. It’s not that hard to build and the government could provide it but instead we’re stuck with expensive third party vendors.