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Does Modern PACS Have Issues? You Decide
Is Your PACS Leaving You Needing More? There is a debate going on regarding the efficiencies found in traditional PACS vs. cloud PACS. Let’s take a look at what separates the two. First off, traditional PACS uses local storage to archive patient images and data. This...
How Cloud PACS is Changing the Medical Imaging Environment
The Benefits of Cloud PACS Few professionals in the healthcare industry can say they don’t rely on quick and easy access to medical images. Whether it’s a clerk filing the paperwork for a patient or a surgeon studying an image to plot out a procedure – the...
Rural Hospital Data: What are Barriers to Image Management
Common Rural Hospital Data Challenges When it comes to rural hospital data, providers often find themselves hitting barriers, whether it’s resources related to personnel or money, finding the right solution at the right cost can be a challenge. 1. Budget One of the...
PACS and VNA: Stop Letting Your PACS Control Your Access
Bridging the GAP Between PACS and VNA Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) were first used in the early 1980s, but didn’t really start becoming the norm for providing storage for medical images until the 1990s. More recently, VNA has become the catchword...
Scalability and Continuity: Why Disaster Recovery is a Key Piece
Going Offsite for Better Scalability and Continuity Efficiency Hoping for the best should never trump planning for the worst. Where medical imaging is concerned, disaster recovery efforts ensure that the images will always be available, regardless of the natural or...
Health Image Exchange and VNA: What is it, Really?
How VNA Can Improve the Health Image Exchange Healthcare providers need an easier way to share, archive and access medical imaging. Vendor-specific PACS are causing roadblocks as providers demand more of their imaging systems. The move to health image exchange...
Take Archiving Out of Your Radiology PACS System
A Radiology PACS System That Works Efficiently Are you asking your PACS to do too much? It’s a common occurrence for radiologist specialists and IT personnel. But there is a way around it. You need to start focusing on a plan to take archiving out of your radiology...
Don’t Even Think About Purchasing Your Own VNA (and Here’s Why)
How VNA Brings Value to Your Facility All the discussion about vendor neutral archiving (VNA) has prompted many to seek out a VNA solution of their own. The question is – is this a wise investment? One way to look at it is like this: Dave loves to ride trains. Should...
Why a Cloud PACS Brings it for Data Backup
Finding More Efficiencies in a Cloud-Based Data Backup There are specific necessities when it comes to healthcare providers, medical images and data backup. From the radiologist looking to pull an image from an archive to a surgeon needing an image for reference while...