Nearly 50 Percent of Hospitals Still Losing Money on Pagers: HIE360 Data Exchange is the Solution
The Solution to Reducing HIE Challenges The first telephone pager was patented in 1949, but it didn’t come into prominence in the classic pager form until the 1990s. Of course, the mobile phone made pagers obsolete, except for in the healthcare industry where they are still in use. Given that healthcare related technology has improved […]
“Value Based” Imaging: A Total Shift for Image Exchange and Radiologists?
Cloud-Based Image Exchange Platform Offers Incredible Advantages Nothing stays the same for long in the medical imaging field. And it shouldn’t, especially considering the evolution of healthcare needs and the technology that drives innovation. Can the image exchange be a dominant player in gaining more value based imaging processes? Radiologists today are increasingly becoming isolated, […]
Best Health Information Exchange Starts With Simple Login
Get the Best Health Information Exchange for Your Facility Meaningful Use is something that’s been on the minds of radiologists and healthcare IT professionals for some time now. Stage 2 of Meaningful Use involves six new objectives, one of which involves sharing images. Unfortunately, many providers are having issues with this aspect of the regulation […]
Can Young Radiologists Help Lead Innovation in Health Image Exchange?
How the Health Image Exchange Can Improve Productivity Young people in a variety of professions are seeing challenges as they enter the workforce, but it’s especially true for young radiologists who are increasingly tasked with productivity-based metrics in the value-based care model. However, as the philosophical, back-and-forth abstract discussions about value-based care abound, health image […]
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 solutions that rely on vendor neutral archiving (VNA) technology looks increasingly to be the answer […]
Health Image Exchange: How Much Does Repeated Imaging Cost Your Hospital?
If you’ve been putting off involvement in a health image exchange (HIE), consider a recent study that shows how using an HIE can drastically cut back on the number of imaging tests that have be redone. Obviously, imaging tests are expensive. Unfortunately, due to constraints in how images are shared, patients often are burdened with […]
Health Image Exchange: How Should Ideal DICOM Exchange Work?
DICOM, the digital imaging and communications in medicine standard, has done its part in unifying many workflow issues within organizations. For one, it has linked radiology modalities and PACS systems. However, has DICOM done enough to assist healthcare providers? Some would argue that it hasn’t. Take this real-life example: a patient goes in for a […]
Should You Switch EHR or Expand Current System? Consider Honeycomb Exchange Benefit
Years ago, many healthcare providers jumped head first into electronic health records (EHR) and established what they thought was a good system. However, it’s becoming quite clear that as technology improves by leaps and bounds in very short periods of time, those original EHRs are most likely on their way out. How many, exactly? According […]
Meaningful Use and the Best Health Information Exchange: Are There Risks?
As a member of the healthcare industry, you’ve seen plenty of news about Meaningful Use. You know that many professionals see the Meaningful Use deadlines as clashing with software best practices, and perhaps you’re one of those people. In fact, many hospitals are jumping into brand new EHR software far earlier than their best practices […]
What do the Leaders Say About HIE and Rural Hospital Data Storage?
The National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) conducted a study recently of 12 health information exchanges (HIEs) to provide some insights into trends regarding innovative strategies and business models. The answers provided some ideas for self-sustaining business enterprises, which also addresses rural hospital data storage. First, there are some barriers present that can prevent the kind of […]