How Virtual CD Works
Healthcare communities across the U.S. and throughout the world are now counting on DICOM exchange to offer a smooth transferal of medical images and data. Today, quality services can be in the cloud and for a lower cost. Let’s look at the Missouri Health Image Exchange as an example of how DICOM and vendor neutral […]
How Virtual CD Helps Solve Main Meaningful Use Challenges
Meaningful Use, as you are probably already well aware, is a Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive program that is supposed to help improve patient care while giving the government assurances that facilities getting federal money are actually deserving of it. As rural providers worked to meet requirements of Stage 1, it became clear that financial […]
What’s so Great About a Virtual CD?
Anyone who has spent a decade or more in the healthcare industry can attest to the changes that occur in technology. Within the radiology industry, a big change occurred when compact disc technology hit the scene. Instead of sharing images on film, radiologists could supply doctors with images burned onto CDs. CDs are extremely portable, […]
Virtual CD and Critical Access Hospitals in Kansas: What’s the Bottom Line?
When you talk about the “bottom line” where the rural, critical access hospitals and the larger, urban and suburban hospitals are concerned, there are vast differences. The bottom line for the critical access hospitals is often much smaller, so much so in fact that every penny is precious. Not only are funds limited, resources such […]
Legendary Data Breaches: How Virtual CD Could Have Saved 1 Million Patient Images Lost on One CD
It’s difficult being on the receiving end of a HIPAA violation; just ask any one of the many healthcare providers who have mistakenly lost patient information, either through a breach in the firewall, a lost or stolen laptop or a lost CD with medical imaging burned into it. The problem isn’t unique to American providers […]
Three Advantages of Virtual CD for Hospitals
The transformation involved in medical imaging technology has been interesting, to say the least, over the last several decades. While some medical professionals are still using the archaic film method for storing, sharing and analyzing medical imaging, most healthcare professionals have progressed to burning CDs to store and share their medical images. However, a growing […]
How Virtual CD Set Hospitals Free
Healthcare software providers built up some great solutions for the medical community as the digital age progressed. Unfortunately, they also created a method whereby they locked providers into the chosen solution. If the provider wanted to stay current, they had to stay current on the vendor’s updates. As long as no communication was needed between […]