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| PACS, Image Backup, and Your Legal Responsibilities as a Veterinarian |
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Veterinarians are legally required to keep radiographs for a period of time determined by their state board. In California, veterinarians are required to keep radiographs for a period of three years. Because the statutory retention period of a study can be longer than the life of the storage system or media, veterinarians must take measures protect their data to comply with state regulations of radiograph retention. This is an important consideration when purchasing a PACS system. Computers will crash and data will be lost. Period. End of story. That is a given. 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