FAQ on HIPAA: Do You Know the Rules on Electronic Personal Health Records?
It’s imperative for healthcare professionals to be well acquainted with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Congress passed it in 1996, but surprisingly, there are portions of the act that are still being violated by unassuming healthcare workers. HIPAA offers Americans the ability to transfer their health insurance coverage when they switch jobs […]
Image Management and Meaningful Use: What Rural Hospitals Must Know
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) has someimportant provisions that rural hospitals need to be aware of. The act establishes a funding base for healthcare facilities to establish health information technology efforts, including technology related to electronic health records. But the act also penalizes facilities that have failed to achieve […]
So Many New Expectations for Medical Imaging and the Cloud
Medical Imaging Solutions in the Cloud Offer Great Advantages It wasn’t that long ago that most organizations were using the cloud for storage only. You would use it as a back-up option for your data, including medical imaging. While that is still true of how it is used today, it has also opened up vast […]
Upgrading Your PACS or Moving to Cloud PACS?
5 Key Questions to Ask if You Are Considering a New PACS Solution Are you considering buying a new PACS? Before you do, you need to think about a few things, including introducing yourself to cloud PACS. It might seem like a daunting task to make this jump to a new PACS, but if you […]
Browser Agnostic Means Streamlined Image Workflow, Better Patient Satisfaction
The Value of a Browser Agnostic Solution for Your Image Management For too long, hospitals and clinics have not been able to assign accountability when it comes to sending out their image files. Can a browser agnostic solution bring more accountability and a streamlined image workflow? When an exam goes “missing” everybody loses out, especially […]
Enterprise-level Image Exchange: Why it Continues to Evolve
Image Exchange Provides the Flexibility You Need Radiology is widely regarded as one of the most important fundamental aspects of diagnostics. The data associated with imaging is only increasing, and by big margins. In fact, due to advancements in technology, the radiology industry is not recognizable from what it was decades ago. Can the image […]
Nearly One-Fourth of Patients Transferred From Critical Access Hospitals – Can Cloud PACS Help?
Cloud PACS Becoming the Solution to Medical Image Management The impact that critical access hospitals and rural clinics have on the well being of Americans’ health can’t be understated. For example, despite the fact that roughly a quarter of the population in the country lives in rural areas, only 10 percent of practicing physicians live […]
Getting a PACS Upgrade? Questions You Need to Ask
Choose a PACS That is Right for You Now and in the Future Stepping into a new PACS comes with many considerations. With a variety of vendors from which to choose, knowing exactly what will fit your needs might be a bigger challenge than you planned for. Knowing what questions to ask going in will […]
What Doors Does Mobile Medical Imaging Aim to Open? All of Them
Medical Imaging Advancement in Teleradiology Cloud-based medical image management is no longer a niche industry, thanks in part to teleradiology. Medical imaging specialists in teleradiology are eagerly taking to web-based viewers to send their images out to other teleradiologists. The benefits are many, but most will cite the fact that with a web-based solution, there […]
Medical Imaging and Physician Burnout: Can More Efficient Workflow Solve it?
How Can You Improve Your Medical Imaging Process? Despite the many challenges that may come up in a typical hospital or clinic setup, the primary end-goal is to provide quality patient care. The goal is to be patient-focused, which helps guide workflow processes, including those in the medical imaging arena. As you strive to provide […]