Laurel Bridge Software is pleased to announce that the United StatesDepartment of Veterans Affairs has awarded a multi-year, nationwide,enterprise license contract for continued and expanded use of its DICOM Connectivity Framework (DCF) Software within all VA medical centers. Read the official announcement here.

Since2005, DCF DICOM libraries have been used by the VA to support andenable enhanced DICOM communications for its VistA Imaging software andto support  image transfers with the Department of Defense (DOD).

VistAImaging provides an enterprise-wide paperless and filmless electronichealth record for VA hospitals.  As of September 2010, VistA Imaginghas captured and stored more than 1.6 billion images nationwide,perhaps the largest repository of medical images in the world.