It seems that the technology influencing healthcare IT management changes on a daily basis. When it comes to hospital data, there is always room for improvement as more and more healthcare providers are loading up on data and looking for ways to streamline the process. Part of what’s pushing this need for more efficient hospital…
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Vendor neutral archiving, or VNA as it has become known in radiology circles, is being used in healthcare facilities throughout the world. Last summer, the largest healthcare system in England chose a vendor to supply all of its IT and VNA solutions. The six facilities that make up Barts Health NHS Trust serve around 2.5…
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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.…
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MarketsandMarkets, a business research firm, estimates that over the next four years, picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) and vendor neutral archive (VNA) systems will be a $3.48 billion industry. VNA, which is an image storage and sharing process because it allows healthcare professionals using disparate hardware and software to share medical imaging, has an…
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President John F. Kennedy said, “change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” His thoughts on change can be applied to any aspect of life, including business. Given the frequent technological changes that affect the radiology industry, change is not only…
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As the healthcare industry became increasingly more tied to the digital age, patient information began to disperse into a fragmented situation. This includes medical images. The problem is that somewhere along the line, healthcare organizations became more system-centric than patient-centric. Coming to the rescue is a push toward a vendor neutral archiving system. Through this…
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Healthcare software providers built up some great solutions for the medical community as the digital age progressed. Unfortunately, they also created a method whereby they locked providers into the chosen solution. If the provider wanted to stay current, they had to stay current on the vendor’s updates. As long as no communication was needed between…
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The coordination of quality and safe healthcare depends on the health information exchange established by a healthcare provider. An entity with one of the strongest backgrounds in using health information exchange for electronic health records is the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Many of the veterans seeking care through the VA also see doctors…
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There is no question which method is most widely used in storing and sharing digital images – picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) lead the way. However, there is an upswing in the interest related to vendor neutral archiving (VNA) to meet image management needs. A quick look at the statistics is very telling –…
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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…
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