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Image Management: Impacts on Life Expectancy in Rural Hospitals
Itโs long been known that the healthcare resources in the rural communities do not match what is available in the urban centers. Ultimately, this could be part of what plays into rural life expectancy not matching that of the people living in more populated areas....
PACS and True VNA: What You Should Know
The healthcare community has caught on to the vendor neutral archiving (VNA) trend in a big way. As the search for the perfect picture archiving and communication system (PACS) ensues, many administrators are beginning to wonder what constitutes true VNA. Many people...
How Structured Data and Enterprise Archiving Are Trending Now
Meaningful Use (MU) objectives are influencing how radiologists approach their workflow. The latest phase, which includes requirements regarding when electronic reports must be available to patients, has definitely impacted the way radiologists and IT professionals...
Vendor Neutral Voice Recognition in Radiology: It is Disruption Time
Disruption is a word often used in a negative light. However, for radiologists considering the next steps in technology that will help them do their jobs more efficiently, the latest โdisruptionโ is positive: vendor neutral voice recognition. Some past disruptions...
PACS and HIE: Rumors and Truths
Whatโs in Store for PACS in the Future? The technology surrounding medical images continues to evolve, which means the conversation about the future of PACS gets deeper and wider every year. Itโs difficult to separate the rumors from the truth and get a clear picture...
Why a Disaster Recovery System in a Rural Hospital Means Life or Death
Not much can stop an EF5 tornado as it winds its way through a community. Ask anyone who was at St. Johnโs Regional Medical Center in Joplin, MO, when a tornado dismantled the facility in 2011. Disasters to medical facilities arenโt always this dramatic or obvious....
Does HL7 Ease Sharing of Patient Records?
Gaining the Advantage With HL7 Health Level Seven, or are HL7, refers to the international standards for clinical and administrative data transfer between various software applications. It gets the โ7โ denomination due to the fact that the standards focus on layer...
Setting up a Vendor Neutral Archiving System: Easier, Faster and Better Than You Think
Despite the promise of smoother sailing with a vendor neutral archiving (VNA) system, some healthcare providers are still edgy about the prospect because they donโt want to disrupt the way clinical users currently work with the system. There are a few tips to consider...
What are Typical Problems with Image Routing?
When a healthcare facility implements a new picture archiving communication system (PACS), the honeymoon phase might last a couple of years before image routing problems begin to occur. In facilities where the PACS is really old, there is a good chance that there are...