DICOM Storage and Patients: It’s About Access to Their Own Images
The DICOM storage process is evolving. When health information exchanges were first coming into play in the healthcare industry, there was a lot of focus on setting the foundation right, establishing connectivity and coming up with standards that lead to sustainability. As nearly everyone in the industry has gotten onboard, we’re finding that the amount […]
Why DICOM Storage Matters
Recent advances in technology have forced many healthcare providers to rethink their current PACS or RIS setup. New dashboards are giving providers a much more comprehensive and custom-fitted view of their processes. Also advancing are the workflow management capabilities, ability to generate more thorough reports, analytics and search functions. The rate at which these advances […]
How Does DICOM Storage Fit Into Your Strategic Plan? (Or Does It?)
Advanced DICOM Storage Solutions Managing medical images across the enterprise is a challenge that all healthcare organizations face today. This involves more than just thinking of PACS as the focal point – it involves addressing DICOM storage solutions. Where enterprise imaging is concerned, you can no longer think in terms of DICOM-only solutions. Non-DICOM images […]
DICOM Storage Standards and Patient Image Expectations: Enterprise Imaging Could Hold the Answers
DICOM Storage and its Vast Improvements It’s no secret to those among us with a background in radiology – we understand how important DICOM messages with image metadata is in today’s healthcare environment. We need that metadata to include information that identifies the patient, laterality, body parts, specific information pertinent to the case/exam, and much […]
Goodbye Silo for DICOM Storage: Can Multiple Disciplines Work Together?
DICOM Storage Vendors are Working Offsite In a perfect world, healthcare professionals working with medical images would be able to view MRIs, CT scans, standard digital photographs from dermatology, electrocardiograms, PDFs and any other visual element that assists them in providing excellent patient care. However, thanks to a number of proprietary technologies and image silos, […]
DICOM Storage and VNA: What to Know About Storage as a Service
The Changing Landscape of DICOM Storage PACS was a game changer when it first emerged in the healthcare industry. Unfortunately, many PACS are limited in their ability to provide the type of DICOM storage and access to images that providers need today. Essentially, the properties the industry sees in vendor neutral archiving (VNA) solutions is […]
How DICOM Storage Deals With Paper Documents: Easy Facts
Turning your paper documents into a digital piece of information in your PACS is something you’re not alone in doing. Industry-wide, healthcare professionals are experiencing the same ups and downs when it comes to making the conversion. Medical images, which are large and numerous, provide a particularly awesome challenge for many hospitals and clinics. Every […]
DICOM Storage and Worry-Free Image Storage Architecture: Quick Facts
You’ve probably heard your fair share about vendor neutral archiving, or VNA, as it has become more popularly known. You’ve also probably thought to yourself that the perks to this type of DICOM storage could benefit your doctors and your patients. Here are a few quick facts to get you up to speed on DICOM […]
DICOM Storage Without Boundaries: Lessons From Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic has a reputation as one of the best healthcare facilities in the country. When a person experiences health issues that their medical professionals can’t treat, they often send them to the Mayo Clinic where the best in the industry treat them. After spending more than 20 years at the top of U.S. […]
What is DICOM Storage, and How it Affects Hospitals
DICOM stands for Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine. The DICOM standard specifies that digital image format and file structure, as well as non-proprietary data interchange protocol and image-related information should be used. DICOM offers very detailed engineering information that allows networks to connect to a variety of products from different vendors. Essentially, hospitals use DICOMs to […]