Today’s Best Solutions Include a Vendor Neutral Viewer
If your take on vendor neutral archiving (VNA) is that it’s nothing more than an independent
radiology storage container, you’re missing out on valuable benefits of this solution. Your VNA, in the hands of the right vendor, can be a single repository for medical images that have been acquired through your entire system, including satellite offices. However, when it comes to controlling workflow, the vendor neutral viewer has to be part of the conversation.
Most radiology infrastructure strategies being developed by health care providers large and small are including VNA as part of the plan. In many cases. When providers are looking tat replacing a legacy PACS, which involves migrating a large amount of data, they are looking to migrate the images into a storage container now separate from the legacy PACS. What VNA can do in this situation is allow the images to have an independent index, separating them from the radiology PACS. In setting up a new system, more and more providers are looking expand what it can do, such as make those images available to a broader audience.
The best VNA solutions today are looking beyond simple radiology storage. The best solutions are ones that provide image management and workflow capabilities that exceed what was previously available. They are also getting an enterprise vendor neutral viewer for image access. This makes VNA the core infrastructure for providers that need access to a multi-specialty enterprise platform.
Most image infrastructure strategies will include a focus on several areas, including lifecycle management, disaster recovery, imaging directory, business continuity and storage infrastructure. It’s also important to keep in mind that the vendor neutral viewer has be part of the equation.
Gaining access to images outside of the typical radiological viewer situation is important for today’s healthcare professionals. The best VNA providers are opening up viewing capabilities so that they can see a great number of medical image file types on their mobile devices, including smartphones and tablet computers.
Regardless of how new and efficient your PACS is, there are certain things it can’t do. For instance, it can’t migrate your studies to another facility. Working with VNA solutions can assist you in stretching the limits where your PACS fails to go on its own.
At OffSite Image Management, Inc., we have established a vendor neutral viewer system that will expand the control you have of your workflow. Our solutions also improve your core infrastructure and offer you more viewing possibilities than you’ve ever had before. We can offer you this and more for less money than you’re probably spending right now on your image management services. Contact us today and let’s discuss our solutions and how they will fit your needs.