Merge pacs is a picture archiving communication system that is intended to create and display two-dimensional and three dimensional images of anatomy from a series of digitally acquired images.Pacs is designed and marketed for soft copy reading, communication, and storage of studies produced by digital modalities.On 07/10/2017, merge healthcare support identified an issue during troubleshooting activities where corrupt images are skipped during manual scrolling.There is no warning or error that indicates images have been skipped.There is a potential that a skipped image may contain data that is required to determine diagnosis and/or treatment decisions.Without necessary information, there is a potential for a delay in diagnosis &/or treatment or an inaccurate diagnosis &/or treatment of a patient.At this time, there is no evidence of patient harm or delay due to this issue.Reference complaint number (b)(4).
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