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VNA and Hospital Workflow Challenges: What to Know, Now
Rarely does a medical facility rely on one office, solely, to provide all the services that a patient requires to receive the best care. Communication between departments is key to offering the best treatment possible. But when the workflow is disrupted by technology,...
Health Image Exchange, Rural Hospitals and Telemedicine: Missouri Steps Forward
Missouri has two major metropolitan communities that account for a large percent of its residents, but the agricultural state is largely rural. Rural communities across the nation continue to make strides to improve broadband access, as does Missouri. But along with...
Rural Hospital Data: Do Smaller Hospitals Fall Behind?
Cancer, heart disease and other ailments that befall those that live in the city are no different than what those in rural communities face. But what health experts are trying to determine is why the number of life-threatening ailments hasn’t fallen in rural areas...
Hospital Data Loss Draws Tougher Scrutiny, Penalties
Every so often the medical community gets a reason to fear the loss of critical data concerning their patients’ personal medical information. Far greater than a lost laptop or stolen thumb drive, hospital data loss comes with some serious consequences when the...
How a Radiology PACS System Impacts Radiologists’ Decision Making
A picture archiving and communications system, more commonly referred to as a radiology PACS system, is proving to be an invaluable tool in radiology practices. Studies show that a radiology PACS system impacts the quality of patient care by their radiologist and...
One Group, One Radiology Information System – Key Benefits to Know Now
More hospital administrators are shying away from teleradiology specialists and considering a hospital-based radiology group to actually read the images, according to a recent survey. As imaging has become more important in the hospital setting, some administrators...
Are Health Information Exchanges Going Bankrupt?
More hospitals than ever are participating in health information exchanges, but some are questioning whether they're worth the cost once government help runs out, according to a new national survey from the University of Michigan. HIEs enable unaffiliated health...
Vendor Neutral Archiving for Health Images: It’s Called “Liberating”
As a hospital administrator, you know that if you want your electronic health record deployments to be meaningful and successful, you must have a well-developed framework for image sharing. Vendor neutral archiving is the right step in creating this successful...
How to Choose an Offsite Data Center and Prevent Data Loss
Data loss can paralyze your hospital or clinic. Whether it's from a hardware failure or a natural disaster, data loss means patient images that could reveal critical healthcare answers can’t be found, or shared. Data loss for a hospital could mean serious time lapses...