As patient video images are captured in a lab, they are converted into an uncompressed
data set and stored locally on a hospital site
server, where they are immediately viewable by diagnosticians in the hospital. The hospital site
server generates a plurality of compressed data sets for use by
the Internet Data Center. Additionally, the uncompressed
data set and a plurality of compressed data sets are stored permanently on a centralized
Internet Data Center, from which they can be searched out and displayed by any
client device running web-browser
software. A
client is provided with immediate access to the uncompressed images when pausing and requesting the images of interest from the
server. The patient video images are automatically delivered to any authorized
Clinical Research Organizations, they are delivered back to the treating hospital when the patient returns for subsequent visits, and are viewable through in-hospital viewing stations over a private high-speed network.