What’s The Big Deal About Deconstructing PACS and VNA?
It wasn’t too long ago that radiology professionals relied on light boxes, film, rolloscopes and other items (that we now view as archaic) to get them through the typical workday. As digital technology became more widely available, vendors began creating solutions that have all but left previous hardware as museum pieces. We’re now at a […]
Top Challenges for Radiology With Archiving Structured Data
There is no doubt that a majority of healthcare providers have gone filmless in their imaging informatics. In fact, the most obvious change in radiology has been the transition to remote digital communication, which has been made possible by PACS and electronic medical records. Furthermore, many forms of electronic messaging, including e-mail, have been employed […]
A Brief History of PACS (a.k.a. Solving Vendor-Controlled Imaging Problems)
Most radiologists would probably have no problem agreeing that the main issue PACS was built for was to tackle archiving. These same radiologists would probably agree that they are asking their PACS to do more than just archive today. With Meaningful Use requirements approaching phase III and electronic health records becoming not only the norm, […]
VNA Based PACS: At the Heart of Enterprise Imaging?
There has been a lot of talk lately about “deconstructing” PACS. What is driving this conversation is the fact that healthcare organizations are taking a different approach to the typical departmental view of medical images. Instead of seeing these images as being compartmentalized, the focus is to centralize the information so that all medical images, […]
Deconstructing PACS and VNA: Why it’s Inevitable
Cloud technology is being used around the world. Updates to operating systems no longer require a CD – everything comes over the Internet or “through the cloud”. It wasn’t long ago that medical professionals feared the cloud, feared breaking compliance regulations and accruing high priced fines for security leaks. While compliance issues are always a […]
PACS and VNA: You Have to Choose Something
If you’re working on developing an enterprise imaging strategy, you’re not alone. Many providers are in the same boat, looking at PACS and VNA, attempting to figure out how they can get their images to the people who need to see them, safely, securely and without delay. You’ve probably stumbled across solutions by GE and […]
PACS Vendor Neutral Archive: One System, Many Solutions
Can there be any doubt that in order to break down the barriers to better image archiving practices, there needs to be a focus on PACS vendor neutral archive systems? Providers that have long been stymied by the vendor specific archiving systems are finally finding the solutions they’ve needed, not only for better archiving, but […]
Vendor Neutral Archiving System Among Most-Noted Hospital Pressures
Ernst and Young released a report recently titled “Pulse of the Industry: Differentiating Differently,” and it reveals some of the top challenges that hospitals face today, not the least of which is related to vendor neutral archiving system protocols. The report focuses on medical technology advancements and how healthcare professionals will deal them with in […]
Radiology Information System and Rural Hospitals: Getting in the Game
Due to changing regulations and advances in technology, healthcare providers are faced with challenges that some are ill-equipped to handle on their own. Rural providers are particularly stressed due to their limited budgets and shortage of qualified IT personnel to assist with the implementation of a new system, including a radiology information system. Not only […]
Just What is Vendor Neutral Archiving? A Review
When vendor neutral archiving hit the scene several years ago, it was all the rage. Unfortunately, the interpretation of vendor neutral archiving was a bit loose, which prompted some products that weren’t quite what people were expecting when they received them. So, what exactly is true vendor neutral archiving (VNA) and how does it help […]