Best PACS System: Uses VNA For Images Where You Want Them
According to a 2012 enterprise imaging report from KLAS, a marketing research company, healthcare providers are really focusing on getting their images to the right people in the fastest time possible. How are they doing this? According to the report, most providers are looking at vendor neutral archiving or PACS-centric solutions. Regardless of the options […]
Got PACS: You Also Need DICOM
DICOM is the standard for handling, printing, sharing and storing medical imaging. Essentially, DICOM is an application layer network protocol developed by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association and the AmericanCollege of Radiology for CAT, Ultrasound and MRI scan images. Widely successful and implemented, DICOM is now controlled by the DICOM Standards Committee. PACS allow medical […]
Deconstructing PACS: Why it’s Still the Buzzword for Ending Data Silos
The Key Behind Deconstructing PACS Today many healthcare organizations are moving away from departmental PACS in an effort to provide more access to images as well as patient data. Electronic medical record access is the catalyst for some of this change, but so too is the patient expectations and accessibility issues clinicians face. Can deconstructing […]
Find Efficiencies in Cloud PACS
The Benefits of Cloud PACS It wasn’t long ago that when it came to shopping around for a PACS solution, your options were limited to fairly expensive to really expensive solutions – and nothing in between. Fortunately, cloud technology is expanding, giving cloud PACS the ability to offer a new and efficient way of meeting […]
Cloud PACS: Happier Patients, Happier Doctors?
Gaining Efficiencies With Cloud PACS The field of radiology is constantly evolving. For example, CD burning technology helped to phase out the old method of sharing images, which was primarily through film studies that were mailed from one facility to another or carried from one department to another. Cloud PACS and vendor neutral archiving (VNA) […]
Surprising Predictions About Cloud Backup Services for Radiology
What Cloud Backup Services Can do For You Cloud computing is growing at a rate that has industry experts saying it will be a $6.79 billion industry in 2018. That represents an annual compound growth rate of more than 21 percent. What is your IT team doing to join in with cloud backup services. Have […]
Diagnostic Errors are Very Expensive: Cloud PACS Can Streamline Diagnosis
Cloud PACS are Answering the Call for Better Diagnoses It’s an unfortunate circumstance when a misdiagnosis works against the health of a patient. Avoidable illnesses are often treated incorrectly in the U.S. because of diagnostic errors, and it can result in death. The benefit of going with a cloud PACS solutions is that fewer misdiagnoses […]
What’s the Future Look Like for Cloud PACS?
How Prepared is Your Facility for Cloud PACS Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) have been around for two decades, but they are evolving. Cloud PACS have become the new norm as hospital administrators and IT professionals seek out new and improved ways to share and store their medical imaging. The issues surrounding PACS today […]
Cloud Backup and Community Hospitals: Why Speed and Access is Critical
Offsite Solutions for Cloud Backup A surprising number of hospitals rely on aged systems for backing up their data. In fact, some still use CD towers and manual backup techniques, which is not only slow, but also inefficient and prone to errors. Fortunately, the cloud backup system is finding its way into the daily backup […]
Cloud Backup Services: Does Your Hospital Grab Hold of the Benefits?
Cloud Backup Services Can Help You Streamline Your Processes There really can be no denying that cloud computing is a benefit to the healthcare community. Today, cloud backup services play a vital role in the overall performance of healthcare IT applications, especially in regard to medical imaging. One of the more immediate perks of cloud […]