The Value of Teleradiology in Today’s Changing Landscape
Teleradiology services got a huge push during the first weeks of the pandemic, but the perks realized will make this technology a long-term solution.
How to Choose a Cardiac PACS Solution to Meet Your Needs
Improving workflow is possible with the right cardiac PACS – one that will meet your needs today and in the future.
VNA Healthcare: How a Community Hospital Used VNA to Enhance Mammography and Workflow
VNA Healthcare Solutions in the Cloud While technological advancements have improved the way radiologists study images, there continues to be issues in how images are managed. Specifically, archiving, accessing and sharing medical images are at the forefront of most healthcare professional’s list of challenges. VNA healthcare advancements are providing an answer to the questions about […]
Healthcare Enterprise and VNA: Starts with Strategy
Healthcare providers across the nation are looking at ways they can establish a better and more secure healthcare enterprise. The ones that are succeeding are doing it with vendor neutral archiving (VNA). To get started, you have to have a strategy. Your first thought should be on how you can get ready to migrate your […]
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 “7” denomination due to the fact that the standards focus on layer seven of the application in the OSI model. So, how is HL7 impacting the […]
Cloud PACS: Maximum Pay-Off, Minimal Effort
Cloud-based solutions have hit just about every industry. Picture archiving and communication systems have not been left out. More healthcare providers are using diagnostic imaging to enhance their service to patients, and adopting scalable solutions through cloud PACS have been an increasingly popular method of sharing and storing images. The top medical facilities in the […]
Offsite Data Storage in the Cloud: What Hospitals Consider Before Moving
The amount of data contained in medical records can be staggering, especially when there are high-resolution radiological images involved. Rather than invest in servers to store the data on-site, healthcare facilities are taking to the cloud. A major Boston medical center recently made the move to facilitate its need for a very large data storage […]
Features to Look For in Best PACS System
Film processing is expensive and storing the sensitive images can be a compliance problem for medical imaging offices. Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) have been established not only to deal with cost and compliance issues, but to make sharing these images between healthcare professionals easier. The best PACS system can handle massive amounts of […]
Weighing in on Electronic Rural Hospital Data Storage
Limited budgets can limit the resources rural hospitals have in their data storage options. Some are finding that partnerships with larger hospitals in the region can ease the burden of storage needs, which seems to grow with each passing year. A recent study by Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence found that rural hospital data storage […]
Image Exchange and Critical Access Hospitals: Do They Still Lag Behind? Why?
The interoperable image exchange is something people take for granted in populated urban centers and suburbs. It’s fast, data gets where it’s supposed to be and there are usually no hiccups. However, the small, rural and critical access hospitals can only wish for a more robust experience. The rural areas are lagging in regard to […]