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Data Security - one more reason to look into The Cloud
Eric Slack, Senior Analyst, Storage Switzerland While it may seem counterintuitive, storing data in the cloud can provide some companies an enhanced level of security, depending upon their existing infrastructure and security policies. Short of starting from 'scratch' with the corporate data infrastructure, many security problems can be effectively addressed through the implementation of a proven, secure cloud storage infrastructure...IDC Case Study: Banner Health Implements Bycast Scale-Out Storage in the Cloud for Medical Image Archiving
Changes in the healthcare provider segment of the healthcare industry are having an impact on storage and IT infrastructure. As providers shift from legacy paper-based processes to automated tasks enabled via healthcare applications, more patient information is born online. Applications including PACS, electronic medical record (EMR), document imaging, integrated patient records, and physician order entry are all causing increased storage demand. As these applications are used by personnel to treat patients, the reliability, recovery, and availability of data they manage become paramount.Forrester White Paper: Total Economic Impact of VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure - Healthcare Industry
Find out how a VMware® healthcare customer used VMware View™ to reduce costs, free up office space and increase worker productivity in its remote offices. Forrester takes an in-depth look at the potential quantitative and qualitative benefits of a virtual desktop infrastructure based on VMware technology. This study illustrates the financial impact of moving from a traditional desktop model to a virtualized environment.Cardiology PACS & CVIS: Implementing Digital Strategies
The 21st century cardiology department is part clinical wonder, part IT marvel. Clinical leadership aside, at the heart of the business of cardiology today are physicians, administrators and IT professionals who have carefully examined clinical processes, optimized clinical and operational workflow, improved billing, created benchmarks and engineered cost savings. Physicians need anytime-anywhere access to images and reports to make instantaneous, well-informed patient care decisions. This supplement spotlights three healthcare enterprises that have merged clinical needs with cardiovascular information technology (CVIT) and cardiology PACS.Easing Transition to Digital Mammography
Easing the Transition to Digital Mammography.Digital Image Management: Setting the Stage for Second-generation PACS Success
Memorial Hospital in Gulfport, Miss. launched an ambitious five-year expansion project to transform the hospital into a model 21st century community hospital campus. Five years after initial PACS deployment, the hospital transitioned to a second-generation PACS in September 2007. This case study offers words of wisdom on second-generation PACS deployment and outlines how Sectra PACS has provided the ideal mix of features to meet Memorial Hospital’s second-generation IT infrastructure needs.Improving Efficiency: Moving From Manual “Puck”Calibration to Remote Automated DICOM LCD Calibration
Zwanger Pesiri Radiology’s journey to improve image quality and consistency while reducing the diagnostic LCD service burden on the IT Staff. From years of manually calibrating diagnostic LCDs with a hand-held photometer “puck” to a completely automated, remotely controlled X-Cal calibration system that eliminates the need and burden of manual puck calibration. Find out why over 500 medical facilities have selected the DBI’s X-Cal automated system and have never looked back.Running the numbers: It's time for 3D
Setting the Bar for Portable Ultrasound – Going Beyond Portability to Provide a Cost Effective, Diagnostic Solution
Good things come in small packages. The z.one Convertible Ultrasound platform from ZONARE Medical Systems proves it. The full-fledged, double-duty ultrasound solution meets a diverse array of imaging needs. It delivers on the promise of portable ultrasound with a design suited to bedside and emergent care applications. At the same time, image quality and features like full color Doppler, spectral Doppler and harmonic imaging rival those of full-sized platforms, translating into a great fit for departmental needs. Another benefit comes on the fiscal front. “The price to performance ratio of z.one is very high. It’s a versatile system with a lot of features for the price tag,” states Bruce Silver, MD, chairman of radiology at Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago.Computer-assisted coding delivers a broad range of benefits
Radiological Associates of Sacramento Medical Group, California’s largest private radiology practice, partnered with CodeRyte in late 2005 to implement computer-assisted coding. With CodeRyte, the practice experienced dramatic benefits including: * Fully automating a manual, paper-based process * Nearly quadrupling coder productivity * Reallocating the work of more than three FTEs * Reducing denials—in some categories by more than 25 percent * Achieving a new level of compliancePACS Admin Training - It's Important!
Aspyra’s PACS Administrator classes are designed to educate key personnel within your healthcare organization on the proper administration and management of your Aspyra PACS.NovaPACS - Delivering ROI At Campbell County Memorial Hospital
In today’s environment of increasing accountability and cost optimization, hospitals, clinics and imaging centers are seeking ways to manage capital expenses and achieve ROI. Read how Campbell County Memorial hospital began realizing a ROI two months after installation of its PACS, NovaPACS, and gained additional returns including: - Improved workflow processes; - Enhanced access to images; and - Reduced report turnaround time.CVIS: Streamlining Cardiovascular Image & Information Management
Cardiovascular image and data management can be challenging. Procedures are diverse, and many facilities operate multiple decentralized information systems. Plus, some hospitals and cardiology practices continue to rely on outdated and inefficient technology like tape-based storage for cardiac cath procedures.Inside the Transition to Next-Generation Image Management
Radiology operates in a constantly and rapidly changing environment. Consequently, digital image management is an ongoing project. The common denominators at hospitals across the country include investment in new data-intense imaging modalities, PACS infusion throughout the enterprise, bursting archives and overburdened radiologists and technologists.Panorama Orthopedics & Spinal Center, Denver, Colorado
Customer Testimonial - Business DiagnosticsMercy Health Partners, Denver, Colorado
Customer Testimonial - Enterprise Information ManagementChinese Hospital, San Francisco, CA
The 54-bed Chinese Hospital in the Chinatown section of San Francisco delivers world-class patient care through its use of an innovative RIS/PACS platform with integrated voice recognition. In addition to implementing highly productive digital image and information management systems, the hospital went a step further to transform all elements in the imaging process. Learn how this small hospital is successfully competing with larger facilities, thanks to RIS/PACS with integrated voice recognition.Queensway Carleton Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Customer Testimonial - PACSOregon Medical Group, Eugene/Springfield, Oregon
Customer Testimonial - Oregon Medical GroupRocky Mountain Cancer Centers, Denver, Colorado
Customer Testimonial - Hosted Information ManagementHealth Management Associates Begin Rollout of
HMA’s growth strategy involves investing in state-of-the-art medical equipment to provide excellent patient services, expanded medical services, and ultimately to continually increase the standards at its hospitals. The hospitals in the HMA network produce an enormous amount of data compiled from their various systems. With Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) putting new demands on the management of this important data, it was imperative that HMA implement a storage solution that would provide a secure, long-term solution to help the business meet industry requirements, while maintaining a reasonable cost of ownership that was in-line with the business growth strategy.Midwest Orthopaedic Center Uses Technology to Advance Patient Care
Located in Peoria, Illinois, Midwest Orthopaedic Center (MOC) is one of the largest and most diverse orthopaedic groups in downstate Illinois. With eleven board-certified or board-eligible orthopaedic surgeons and 101 employees, the Midwest Orthopaedic Center is dedicated to providing the highest quality of orthopaedic care in a patient-centric environment. The center has selected Aspyra's AccessMED Specialty PACS solution to achieve their patient care goals.Aspyra brings PACS Remote Image Access to Rural Hospital - Brownfield Medical Center
BRMC’s visiting radiologist was reading 650 images per month on average during his one-to-three trips to Brownfield each week. When his services became unavailable in late 2004, BRMC was faced with two choices. The organization could find another visiting radiologist, despite it being difficult to attract a radiologist to visit a rural location. Or, BRMC could move toward a PACS solution. Aspyra's AccessNET PACS solution enables the facility to continue patient care with remote image access technology.Lenoir Memorial Cuts Film Costs and Improves Image Distribution with Aspyra's AccessNET PACS
Based in Kinston, N.C., Lenoir Memorial Hospital is a 283-bed not-for-profit hospital that employs more than 100 physicians. Watching Lenoir’s $25,000 a month film budget continually climb, the hospital knew that combining digital modalities with a picture archiving and communications system (PACS) would help reduce or eliminate those costs. Aspyra provided the facility with a cost-efficient PACS solution that has enabled the hospital to cut costs and improve image distribution.Aspyra's LIS Helps Clinic Improve Patient Safety, Care Delivery and the Bottom Line
Sansum-Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinic has more than 130 staff physicians practicing more than 30 specialties at its clinics and branch offices from Carpinteria to Lompoc. The non-profit Sansum-Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinic (Sansum) is the result of an October 1998 merger between Sansum Medical Clinic (an Aspyra customer since 1996) and Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinic (an Aspyra customer since 1990). Combined, the Sansum - Santa Barbara laboratory performs more than 2 million lab tests every year. Aspyra's LIS solution has enabled the clinic to improve patient safety and the bottom line, with departmental tools that boost efficiency.Combat DRA Challenges with Aspyra PACS
Aspyra's PACS empowers your imaging center or practice to combat reimbursement and other constraints by offering: • Workflow efficiency tools • High quality Image acquisition • Diagnostic reading Prompt results reporting and delivery • Image and result access via the Web—anytime, anywhereEnterprise Teleradiology - A Virtual Experience
Aspyra’s AccessNET (PACS) and AccessRAD (RIS/PACS) solutions provide a single workflow with a consistent set of imaging tools for reading of studies in a distributed environment—where studies are acquired and archived at multiple, various locations, including those utilizing other 3rd party, disparate PACS systems. This white paper describes the configuration and, data flow of a distributed, “virtual” reading environment utilizing the Aspyra PACS solutions.Scottsdale Healthcare Practice Keeps Patients’ Information Safe with Plasmon
Scottsdale Medical Imaging was faced with a significant business challenge: define and develop an archiving strategy that would help them accommodate significant advances in imaging capabilities and technology, as well as meet new industry regulations that require all medical/patient-related images to be saved for a minimum of seven years and possibly for the life of the patient.Atlanta Medical Center
With over 400 physicians using Imaging Services, Atlantic Medical Center needed to find an integrated solution that provided access to advanced visualization in multiple locations throughout the enterprise. They found the solution that not only met their needs, but also reflects AMC’s innovative approach to healthcare. Find out how they deployed a comprehensive PACS and imaging solution with unlimited access across the enterprise.Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center began storing medical images in data centers in 1998 and has since accumulated over 200 million images. In 2006 the Center decided they needed a new archiving solution that could hold an infinite amount of data, comply with HIPAA and industry regulations, and be a permanent store for all previous and future images.Bartron Medical Imaging
Bartron Medical Imaging needed to create an archive solution that was reliable and secure, and capable of meeting long-term retention and compliance requirements at a relatively low total cost of ownership.When Seconds Count, Medical Imaging
With its customers relying on AMICAS to help them store highly confidential medical records for patient care and to help them meet HIPAA regulations, it was imperative that AMICAS be prepared with the latest technologies to offer safe storage and ready access to needed information.Solving the handling of prior film studies in FFDM
Solving the Handling of Prior Flm Studies in FFDMGreater productivity, flexibility and job satisfaction
Iowa-based Radiology Billing and Coding Specialists serves radiology clients across several hospitals and outpatient sites. The company implemented CodeRyte's computer-assisted coding technology in January 2005 and quickly experienced dramatic benefits including: * Reducing A/R by four to six weeks * Overcoming recruiting challenges with the ability to hire remote coders * Eliminating data entry and increasing coder productivity * Delivering a portion of reports directly to billing * Reducing denialsLourdes Medical Pavilion
Lourdes Medical Pavilion needed to keep pace with an increasing amount of imaging data and still continue to offer the most advanced image-intensive services available. In order to do so, LMP needed to upgrade the PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System) it had purchased in 1999. The original PACS, a GE Healthcare PathSpeed system, archived images using a Plasmon™ M258 Magneto Optical Library. Lourdes Medical Pavilion had exhausted 75 percent of the older system’s 1.3TB (terabyte) capacity and LMP wanted to be able to handle its increasing volumes of realtime data in addition to establishing a long-term disaster recovery strategy.PACS Implementation Case Study
Arkansas Children's Hospital: DR Systems Success StorySanta Barbara Cottage Health System Case Study
Radiologist productivity increases nearly 100% for CT, ultrasound and MRI within first four years.DR Systems Success Story
Edward Hospital: Images in the ICU in five minutes . . . cost savings beyond original projections.EMC CLARiiON and EMC Centera Solutions
Butler Memorial Hospital: Clinical information that accelerates patient care while reducing cost.INFINITT 3d Medical Solutions Information
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Are Scanner calculated CT radiation doses in error?Redefining Cardiovascular Care
Redefining Cardiovascular Care: How One Organization's Approach to Care Delivery is WorkingTeleradiology Unifies Approach
Rural Group Uses Single Database Solution to Read for 41 FacilitiesWest Coast Radiology: Workflow Success
A multi-site center visions, plans and implements an integrated RIS/PACS for workflow efficiencyMeridian Regional: A Single, Unified Workflow Environment
How integrated RIS/PACS streamlined post processing and captured labor savings for one organizationDefining Partnership to Foster Outpatient Imaging Success
Hitachi's proven outpatient imaging expertise helps you open a successful outpatient imaging center.Strategic Growth: Deploying a Best Practices Approach
Hitachi's outpatient imaging expertise can help you operate a successful outpatient imaging center.Centers for Diagnostic Imaging Case Study
Pediatric Cardiology Reporting Grows Up
Find out how the arrival of syngo® Dynamics at two top children's hospitals in the Midwest has helped them quickly move to the cutting edge of cardiology image management and reporting technology. Doctors at both institutions believe they have only scratched the surface of the benefits possible with this pioneering technology in pediatric care and beyond.Integrated RIS/PACS
Bloomington Hospital created a regional network for radiology services with a single-vendor RIS/PACS. By Mark W. McMathChildren’s Hospital of Omaha Decreases Report Turnaround Times, Increases Imaging Study Volume with PACS
As the only pediatric specialty healthcare center in Nebraska, Children’s Hospital of Omaha accepts patients from a region that extends into Iowa and Kansas. The hospital identified the need for an enterprisewide picture archiving and communication system (PACS) that enabled access from any one of its 25 remote clinics. After implementation of the Horizon Medical Imaging™ PACS, Children’s Hospital became 100% filmless with centralized reading to significantly drop report turnaround times and increase patient volume.Glen Falls Hospital and Adirondack Radiology Associates Improve Care Quality and Productivity with Integrated Community PACS
For Glen Falls Hospital (GFH) and its affiliated Adirondack Radiology Associates (ARA), providing their large, economically diverse and geographically dispersed patient base with the same consistent, high-quality diagnostic imaging services found in urban areas was crucial for the well being of their community. They needed a technology-driven solution that would help provide “anytime, anywhere” access to patient information, images and reports in a unified, single site. GFH and ARA deployed an enterprise image and information management solution from McKesson that enabled them to provide communitywide, sophisticated radiology services, regardless of the physical location of the radiologist. GFH and ARA now have unified imaging records and worklists, resulting in enhanced efficiency and improved patient care.Interior Health Authority: “Power of One” Vision Provides Access to Quality Healthcare in Rural Community
Interior Health Authority (IHA) sought to implement a regional picture archiving and communication system (PACS) as the foundation for a single, image-enabled electronic health record (EHR). Key goals were instant access to images anywhere and anytime, set new standards of health services excellence, and ensure the equity of quality healthcare throughout the region, particularly in remote, rural areas. To accomplish its goals, IHA implemented an enterprisewide PACS from McKesson that led to a decrease in report turn-around-times (TATs), increase in radiologists’ efficiency and a reduction in patient transfers — all resulting in safer and better patient care.Main Line Health System Revolutionizes Its Practice of Medicine with Enterprisewide PACS
Main Line Health System (MLH), located in Philadelphia’s western suburbs and well respected regionally, is guided by its mission to offer the most modern and comprehensive range of healthcare services. MLH fulfills its mission by providing a superior experience for patients, physicians and other clinical staff. This commitment to its stakeholders led the healthcare system to implement a comprehensive and scalable enterprisewide image and information management system. MLH eliminated the costs, delays, lost files, and errors associated with films and manual processes. The professional staff at MLH facilities, who generate nearly 500,000 imaging studies annually, now have the timely access to diagnostic information that enables more efficient patient care decisions.Montgomery General Hospital Improves Efficiency of Emergency Department with PACS
Throughout its nearly 150-year history, Montgomery General Hospital (MGH) has been committed to expanding, upgrading and modernizing its facilities and services to provide the most advanced medical therapies and specialized treatment programs available. This commitment has included comprehensive diagnostic and interventional radiology services. With plans to add a new, expanded Emergency Department (ED), the volume of radiology services is expected to increase. Senior management concluded that implementing an enterprise image informatics solution would provide more clinical capabilities to its patients and improve quality of care and efficiency.Mercy Medical Center
Barco’s high-standard service program provides peace of mind. Situated in beautiful southwest Oregon, Mercy Medical Center is a vital 153-bed acute-care center that treats some 40,000 patients annually, admitting more than one fourth of them. The facility includes state-of-the-art trauma and heart centers, a thriving labor and delivery unit, and a behavioral health clinic that treats patients ranging from children to senior adults. Ongoing construction will facilitate expanded cardiology, PACS and imaging capabilities, enabling the hospital to serve the community in new and better ways.Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, UK
Barco and RNOH advance orthopedic imaging. The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is reputed to be ‘the jewel in the crown’ of pioneering NHS neuro-musculoskeletal healthcare. As a national centre of excellence, the RNOH constantly strives to provide the best possible care through improvement and innovation. the hospital recently installed its Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), not just any display solution would do. Barco was the only supplier that could meet the hospital’s complex and unique requirements. Eight operating theaters were equipped with 23 large-screen diagnostic Barco LCD displays. Barco’s 30-inch displays allow the orthopedic surgeons to visualize an entire area of the body in one high-quality image, from anywhere in the operating theater and even in high ambient light conditions.Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center
Seeing is believing with premium diagnostic displays featuring automatic QA capabilities. The road to filmless radiology in the Oakwood Healthcare System begins with the main hospital in Dearborn, Michigan. Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center is a 620-bed, full-service teaching hospital with state-of-the-art services in diagnostic imaging, emergency medicine, cardiology, surgery, labor and delivery, neonatal intensive care, intensive care and coronary units. Barry Castle, Project Manager Information Technology, manages all clinical projects, including PACS, for the radiology department. His quest for high-quality, reliable displays led him to Barco and its industry-leading CORONIS premium diagnostic display system featuring the unique I-GUARD technology.Helsingborg General Hospital, Sweden
Delivering diagnostic confidence at state-of-the-art Swedish breast clinic. In the summer of 2004, the Helsingborg General Hospital implemented Barco’s CORONIS 5MP MAMMO display system in the hospital’s renowned mammography unit. According to Dr. Boel Heddson, Chief Radiologist and Head of the diagnostic section of the Breast Unit, key criteria in the hospital’s selection of Barco were the image quality and performance of the CORONIS imaging solution. “The display controller is extremely fast for digital mammography, and the imaging solution offers superior image quality,” she says. “These qualities enhance productivity and give me a high level of confidence when diagnosing.”Large Physician Group - RIA
Learn how Radiology Imaging Associates implemented a cost-effective PACS system in their complex, multi-site imaging practice. This case study shows how the flexibility and scalability of IntelePACS(TM) has enabled RIA to double their data volumes and expand operations to additional reading services.Regional Multi-site PACS - VIHA
Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) operates IntelePACS through a network of hospitals, clinics, centers, health units, and residential facilities. More than 17,000 VIHA healthcare professionals, technicians and support staff provides health care to over 752,000 people on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
Intelerad customer since 2001.Teleradiology - RDS
Radsource (RDS) is a Nashville-based radiology practice specializing in orthopedic MRI reading. RDS customers are orthopaedic hospitals and clinics across the USA. Acquisition, image storage, and diagnostic reading all take place at separate locations.
Intelerad customer since 2003.Hospital PACS - MCH
The Montreal Children’s Hospital is one of five hospitals in the downtown core that is part of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). The PACS was deployed in two phases: the first included connecting the existing DICOM-enabled modalities, and the second phase included the introduction of 5 new CR scanners. Three months after the CRs were implemented the site stopped printing film, and has been filmless ever since.
Intelerad customer since 2004.Hospital Replacement PACS - NCH
"At NCH Healthcare System, we chose to replace our previous PACS with Intelerad IntelePACS based on its reputation as a robust solution capable of handling the needs of our two-hospital, 681 bed facility and our affiliated NDIC multi-imaging centers located in Southwest Florida. Intelerad delivered on all promises and in less than 6 months from contract signing, our PACS is up-and-running smoothly and we are glad we made the change."
Jim Bates
Director of Radiology
NCH Healthcare Systems, Naples, FLAchieving HIPAA Security Rule Compliance with Lumension Solutions
Healthcare organizations face a host of HIPAA Security Rule compliance challenges with the move to put patient medical records online. Electronic health records are shared among doctors, insurance companies, health care facilities, federal/state/local government entities and others, increasing the risk of improper disclosure. The Security Rule is focused on protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information (EPHI) which is created, received, maintained, or transmitted by any covered entity against reasonably anticipated threats, hazards, and impermissible uses and/or disclosures. Read this white paper to learn how your organization can effectively address the challenges of HIPAA compliance, including:
• Protecting against targeted attacks
• Preventing loss or theft of EPHI
• Enforcing security policies
• Preparing for audits
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Bexar Imaging in San Antonio, Texas, is a single-site diagnostic imaging practice providing comprehensive radiology services including MRI, CT x-ray, ultrasound, mammography and bone density scanning. For the last three years, Bexar Imaging has used Sectra PACS as its digital image management solution.Sectra PACS Sets The Stage For A More Efficient Future
Tanner Health Services is a three-hospital system in western Georgia that provides comprehensive radiology services including CR, CT cardiac cath and mammography. It pairs a strong commitment to continuous improvements in patient care with a genuine commitment to the local medical community and its employees. Patients consistently name Tanner as "the hospital of choice" in the region, and Atlanta Business Chronicle recogonizes Tanner Health System as a "Best Place to Work."E-Prescribing: The Path to Physician Adoption of HIT
This white paper addresses barriers to the adoption of Electronic Health Records and presents an e-Prescribing Transaction Model, in addition to the feedback from physicians who have adopted either a full or basic system with positive results.SPECT/CT - Hype or Necessity A Comprehensive Review of Current Clinical Applications
The focus of this paper is the improved clinical outcomes and diagnostic confidence that is provided by diagnostic SPECT•CT. Clinical confidence translates into conclusive reports that will better serve referring clinicians and patients, the ultimate goal of diagnostic imaging.Cardiovascular Interpretation - Anywhere, Anytime
Doctors describe how remote reading capabilities have empowered them to improve the quality of their patient care as well as their personal lives.Improving Medical Imaging Display Performance
The objective of this paper is to cite common issues, clarify misconceptions and to offer solutions, via best practices, to those who are tasked with maintaining display quality and conformance in medical imaging environments. The experts at Canvys believe that the medical diagnostic community should strive to maintain the highest quality of diagnostic and clinical displays with the goal of promoting positive patient outcomes.A Storage Service Provider - The Cost Effective Option
The Digital Healthcare Information Management System (DHIMS) consists of: • Infrastructure • Modalities and devices • Storage and storage management • Information management • Visualization management This paper addresses the storage and storage management component of DHIMS and the rationale for using a vendor for this component as a cost savings measure for the healthcare institution.The Cost of Downtime
There are both tangible and intangible costs associated with failure of the digital environment in healthcare institutions. The cost of downtime, how to mitigate it and the methodology of the mitigation are the topics of this white paper. The cost of downtime is dependent on the cause of downtime, its duration and the characteristics of both the healthcare institution and its patient population. Healthcare institutions have mandated recovery solutions such as those required by HIPAA which at best are vague and do not address the continuation of businessduring the recovery period, i.e. business continuance. To implement the tools to minimize downtime as well as the recovery period involves expenditure of human, physical and monetary resources. To put these costs in perspective with the cost associated with downtimethe concept of risk management insurance is introduced.Understanding and Controlling Medical Archiving ROI
With new data-intensive modalities and the growth of filmless imaging overall, today the typical healthcare facility’s volume of digital imaging data is expanding exponentially. A key challenge to most medical facilities in a PACS environment is managing these storage costs and generating a sound return on investment (ROI) for an image archive. This white paper will discuss the range of factors that make up ROI for a medical imaging archive, including the costs and benefits of various archiving hardware, architectures and management strategies. It also focuses on the economic implications of implementing a medical archive in-house compared to out-sourcing storage through a storage service provider (SSP).Minimizing dose, sedation in pediatric CT
The use of CT in pediatric diagnostic procedures has increased significantly over the past decade. New advanced applications along with faster scan times and submillimeter, isotropic resolution have made CT a valuable and potentially life saving diagnostic tool. Learn how Toshiba's Aquilion ONE CT scanner is uniquely suited to minimize radiation exposure and sedation complications.Become the Cloud
By delivering private or public cloud storage services, IT departments can benefit from a new source of revenue to help offset costs associated with the data center, or merely use it to track usage on an internal per-department basis. As the business grows you will gain economies of scale via multi-tenant infrastructure that will drive down your internal storage purchasing costs. As a result, you could enjoy a predictable, recurring revenue and see your internal constituents become more conscientious about their storage habits.3DR- A Business Model for Thin Client Technology
IMPAX Data Center Streamlines Image Access Across the Enterprise
Image access and distribution can be particularly challenging for large, multi-site, multi-facility healthcare enterprises. Often, such sites must manage multiple, disparate PACS and other sources of imaging data. Consequently, image access for clinicians across the enterprise is less than streamlined. In addition, standard health IT challenges such as bandwidth limitations, myriad PC platforms, operating systems, version control and even locked down PCs exacerbate the situation. For many multi-site enterprises, the solution is clinical consolidation as well as integrated storage and management of clinical data from various departments and improved image access via an enterprise visualization strategy which can lead to better patient care.Neuro and Acute Stroke Imaging with Dynamic Volume CT
A stroke patient’s prognosis is heavily determined by the speed with which blood flow can be restored to the distressed region of the brain: approximately 1.9 million neurons are lost every minute during a stroke. The sooner blood flow can be restored to the afflicted portion of the brain, the better the patient’s outcome, leading to the maxim “time is brain”. Once the patient is brought in for emergency care, diagnostic imaging plays a critical role in the evaluation and management of the patient. In a situation where every second counts, these multi-modality exams take a significant amount of time. The Aquilion ONE dynamic volume CT scanner, on the other hand, can complete whole brain stroke characterization in minutes.Cloud Storage Reality - Hospitals Are Already Doing It! Whitepaper
With the increased pressure to contain or even reduce costs, Data Centers large and small are faced with the dilemma of dealing with the one thing that does seem to be recession proof; data growth. Cloud Storage is a practical solution to solve this problem and organizations of all sizes should examine its use. Cloud Storage's primary use case is to serve as an archive for inactive data. This data typically accounts for more than 80% of the storage that an IT department maintains. The movement of this data to a less expensive tier of storage could dramatically reduce costs. What may come as a surprise to many is that there are several cloud storage companies that have been in business for years and have real production customers. Healthcare organizations, such as Banner Health and Orlando Regional Healthcare, have been offering private cloud storage services for some time.Half-Scan vs. Multi-Segment Reconstruction for Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography
Explore Half-Scan vs. Multi-Segment Reconstruction for Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography Considerations on the effects on image quality - a whitepaper by Stephan Achenbach, M.D. University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.High Information Rate Volumetric Ultrasound Imaging
The real-time nature of ultrasound enables clinicians to have direct interactive contact with the patient during scanning. The key performance measure of real-time imaging systems is the information rate. In fact, the information rate of an imaging system defines the achievable image quality and exam efficiency, therefore driving the diagnostic confidence and speed of workflow. The ACUSON SC2000™ volume imaging ultrasound system introduces an imaging engine with unparalleled information rates to enable new clinical applications and full-volume real-time volumetric imaging – we call it Echo in a heartbeat. ™ Increased information rate enables the ACUSON SC2000 system to achieve continuous full-volume, real-time imaging throughout the study, to assess LV function and valvular regurgitation, without the need for breath holding or interruptions from arrhythmias. Learn more about the time benefits of real-time full volumetric imaging today by downloading the High Information Rate Volumetric Ultrasound Imaging whitepaper.Economic Benefits of Thin Client Technology
With the continuous development of imaging technologies which improves the quality of clinical images, it has also, however, complicated the delivery of images to the physicians who have to make those critical decisions in a timely manner. The Visage CS solution offers a clear advantage over the traditional PACS/workstation combination by utilizing one scalable server based system which grows as your imaging demands increase. The White Paper speaks on how these facilities recognized the issue at hand and how Visage has provided a solution.Inside the Data Center of the Future: The Key to Progressively Managing Data Across the Enterprise
As the 21st century advances, healthcare stands to gain as new developments promise to improve diagnosis and treatment. At the same time, healthcare remains a fragmented process. Critical information is available to physicians but it is not linked; reviewing images and data from multiple sources is complex and time-consuming, detracting from optimal patient care. For example, an accurate differential diagnosis may hinge on viewing a patient x-ray and pathology reports. But a simple mechanism to enable the physician to review both is a tall order for many state-of-the-art healthcare enterprises.The Top 20 Reasons Why So Many Hospitals Buy NovaRad
Twenty reasons why so many hospitals, clinics and imaging centers are selecting NovaRIS and NovaPACS for their facilities.Best Practices in Long-Term Data Preservation
This white paper presents current best practices in long-term digital data storage and preservation. Although it primarily addresses digital archives held within or on behalf of an enterprise, the discussion is equally applicable to digital archives for public use. The general requirements and attributes of digital archive systems are presented, and comparisons are made with systems designed for other purposes, such as data backup, that are quite different. Several technical challenges are discussed, along with strategies and tradeoffs commonly made for cost and performance optimizing a digital archive system for a particular use. Finally, some examples are presented which that show how different industries have specific requirements (e.g. data security, multi-site archives and regulatory compliance) which, along with size, cost and performance requirements, affect choices in digital archive system selection.Understanding The Continuity of Care Record
The purpose of the CCD is to provide an overall summary of a patient’s care. In contrast to the CCR, which is a snapshot in time of relevant medical information or specific condition, the CCD is a compilation of medical data used to create an historical record of received care.Leveraging the Benefits of Service Oriented Architecture
Most hospitals today operate with multiple, incongruent collections of information maintained in departmental silos in incompatible formats. More effective data sharing could dramatically improve productivity and the delivery of patient care. More and more, healthcare facilities are looking to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) based solutions as a means of simplifying their application and IT environments and creating truly flexible, integrated IT infrastructures. Keep reading to gain practical knowledge on how to leverage the benefits of SOA with IMPAX 6.7 Habits for Effectively Leading Healthcare Interoperability Initiatives
Like Covey’s 7 Habits for effective people, guided principles and a singular focus can be applied to the world of healthcare interoperability. This may seem like a stretch, but like Covey’s 7 Habits, it is essential to become effective in delivering a connected healthcare community. This connected community is often referred to as interoperability.ILM Business Rules at Work
Information Lifecycle Management is the key to ensuring that electronic data is stored in the right place, on the right media, at the right time. Organizations can optimize the balance between cost and performance by using ILM to align the value of data to the cost of their storage infrastructure.Enabling Data Sharing in Regional Archives
Healthcare institutions continue to adopt digital workflows as a means of improving care and reducing costs. A key benefit of the transition from paper and film to digital is the ability to gain access to critical patient data quickly and make this information available to clinical users across the entire organization. The formation of regional healthcare organizations and initiatives like Integrated Delivery Networks (IDN) and Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO) are spanning multiple institutions causing a greater need to share information across institutions. To be successful, data sharing must be transparent to the clinical users and not result in disruption/alteration of workflows within the individual department and disciplines. This is especially a challenge in environments where multi-vendor departmental systems exist. This whitepaper offers recommended design requirements and system architectures that address the clinical and IT requirements of healthcare regional archives.Building and Sustaining an Advanced Imaging Program
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How to build a better Healthcare IT infrastructure
Practical IT principles for leveraging your infrastructure to improve healthcare delivering a seamless flow of integrated information.The IMPAX Interface
The environment in which a radiologist works requires special consideration of how a diagnostic interface should look and behave. In particular, the design should reflect the reality that users will be in front of the interface for extended periods of time, which can lead to side effects such as eye fatigue, headaches and mood swings. Agfa has studied this physical drain, and through the careful use of color and style we are delivering a way to further improve productivity while bringing much needed relief to the radiologist.Persona-based Workflow Design
Over the time since PACS was first introduced, the traditional user group has expanded beyond radiology to include surgeons and referring physicians. It is therefore obvious that a one-size-fits-all approach can no longer apply. Gain insight into how personabased applications are designed to help healthcare facilities maximize their IT investments while supporting their individual users.EMR-Connectivity-Strategy-Healthcare-Interoperability
EMR Integration Standards EMR adoptions stands at an estimated 24% and is growing fast. EMRs are being used by various healthcare providers to collect and store patient information and their medical history. Although EMRs hold a great deal of value to all involved in the healthcare community, there are several challenges to overcome in order to achieveConformance-Checking-for-HL7
Why Does Nonconformance Occur? You may wonder why you need to perform a gap analysis or check for conformance between devices or applications that say they are HL7 compliant. Nonconformance occurs for two main reasons: An application team utilizes the flexibility of the HL7 2.X message standard to meet their system’s unique requirements. This occurs primarily in the areas of cardinality and the HL7 version that is used. The HL7 messaging standard can be complex and sometimes is easily misinterpreted.Pediatric Digital Echocardiography
Dr. Nader Atallah and Dr. Frank Smith at Update Medical University in Syracuse, New York, detail their experience of transitioning to a fully digital pediatric echocardiography laboratory.Understanding Value When Forecasting RIS/PACS Vendor Costs
Pricing varies so apply the same metrics to all candidate vendors; the RIS/PACS Exam Index (RPEI).Radiation Dose Reduction to Medical Staff During Vertebroplasty
A Review of Techniques and Methods to Mitigate Occupational DoseCardiology and Radiology Systems Integration
This white paper outlines the integration between the cardiology and radiology image and information management systems from McKesson.McKesson
PACS Workstation simplifies a radiologist10 Things You Must Measure to Grow Imaging Center Business
Describes key variables to measure to secure more business, more efficiency and more satisfactionPACS: Smart Cilent Techology
Learn how Microsoft.NET technology can enable a wide, flexible PACS presence with fewer IT resourcesMoving from Screen Film to Digital Mammography
Insights to help organizations reduce costs, optimize efficiency and improve outcomesRealizing the Benefits of Full-Field Digital Mammography
An increasing number of breast centers and radiology departments worldwide are converting to FFDM in order to improve patient care, enhance workflow and efficiency, eliminate film and film processing costs, and increase mammographer and patient satisfaction. Find out the key considerations for facilities transitioning to FFDM, and what questions to ask when choosing a digitizer solution.In Plane Switching–Pro technology for medical imaging
With the advent of new imaging technologies, there has been a vast increase in the use of color images for diagnostic work. This trend is driven by the successive generations of acquisition devices delivering images with a substantially higher spatial resolution and with an increased number of slices. This has led to an explosive growth in image data sets. For radiologists, it becomes virtually impossible to view these thousands of images. This has resulted in advanced viewing software with 3D image handling concepts, enabling radiologists to look at the images in a more intuitive three-dimensional way. The use of color to segment different parts of the body became standard in these new viewing concepts. Moreover, radiology is continuously seeking to improve diagnostic reading. Therefore, new medical imaging techniques such as image fusion are being introduced. These new techniques require the use of advanced color displays to properly view the images.Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-Based PACS & RIS/PACS
Why an imaging provider today chooses Web-based PACS or RIS/PACS comes down to versatility, flexibility, accessibility, simplicity, robustness, user-friendliness, scalability and economics. Simply put, that’s just what the 10 imaging facility groups and businesses in this supplement offer.10 Arguments for I-Guard Technology
A front screen sensor technology for flat panel medical displays Only I-Guard sees what you see. Since I-Guard continuously analyzes the image at the front of the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen, it detects and corrects those instabilities that you will see when evaluating medical images. By “seeing what you see”, only I-Guard solves the issues associated with the use of flat panel displays for medical imaging.The Need for Disaster Recovery
Health Care Information Technology creates every day challenges for CIOs and data center managers with issues ranging from regulatory/government requirements that include Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA); to workflow and market pressure realities, like larger imaging data sets in Radiology and Cardiology and increased cost pressures. These data management requirements force the need to establish a disaster recovery strategy for any institution. Moreover, demands of Health Care IT to provide automation across clinical applications and departments increases the requirements for accessibility and uptime. Lastly, obsolescence of software and hardware with emerging technological advances and system upgrades can disrupt access to data and critical systems. Each of these factors should be considered when determining how data is managed for the enterprise and how the disaster recovery plan becomes a component of that plan. This white paper outlines considerations when developing a strategic and cohesive Plan for disaster recovery and business continuity.Top 5 Tips for Remote IT Support in Healthcare Settings
As you know, the mobilization of healthcare – extending beyond the confines of the doctor’s office and hospital walls – is a growing trend as organizations aim to be more accessible and cost effective.IT helpdesks that rise to a new level of responsiveness can help drive these cost savings and patient care improvements. Remote management tools that securely support smartphones and laptops both on and off the LAN can help deliver on this mission.
Discover the top strategies for maximizing your mobility and successfully supporting your rapidly changing healthcare organization.
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Solving 6 Top Enterprise Storage Issues Through Consolidation
Rapid adoption of digital workflows has resulted in large and growing volumes of file-based data. Storage and protection of this data over its lifecycle consumes a growing percentage of IT budget, and creates a myriad of storage issues including: Low storage utilization Obsolete technology High administrative burden Lack of visibility Proliferating management silos Inadequate data protection and excessive management overhead for remote office locations This paper examines the six top challenges and explores how storage consolidation can address them.ESG Storage Systems Brief - Plasmon NetArchive
Virtualization will be ubiquitous in the data center—from the server to the storage, across the lifecycle of data—to drive data center efficiencies. While there has been a lot of discussion about virtualization at the server and primary storage layers, little has been said about virtualization of the archive layer—outside of a few file virtualization players. Plasmon brings archive virtualization front and center with its recent NetArchive announcement and delivery of a virtualized archive solution integrating best-of-breed technologies.ESG Digital Archiving Brief - Plasmon Archive File Manager
Plasmon offers its Archive File Manager to facilitate the movement of static, or persistent, data off primary storage systems—in particular, NAS systems—and onto Plasmon’s UDO Archive Appliance (AA) or Enterprise Active Archive (EAA) platforms.ESG Digital Archiving Brief - Plasmon Multi-Tier Enterprise Active Archive
Plasmon’s Enterprise Active Archive (EAA) integrates disk and Plasmon’s Ultra Density Optical (UDO) storage with policy management software, creating a multi-tiered archive for cost-effective, long-term accessibility to business compliance data.Sample
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COR AnalyzerT™ - Fully Automated Coronary CTA Analysis
The COR Analyzer® system performs a fully automated analysis of cCTA studies to identify significant coronary pathologies and provide an immediate indication of patients with significant coronary artery disease. Learn more about fully automated detection of coronary pathologies in cCTA studies.Bycast Healthcare Solution Brief
For healthcare organizations that depend on access to mission-critical data and imaging studies, StorageGRID protects and preserves fixed-content assets over their lifetime.KLAS ACT: Defining Excellence in Imaging & IT
Best in KLAS. That simple designation resonates within the healthcare IT and medical imaging market, signifying leadership in solid technology, working with customers to resolve issues and match expectations to reality to help providers make better purchasing decisions. In response to provider partners’ demands for a performance report on medical equipment vendors as available for software vendors and professional services firms, KLAS has published its Top 20 Best in KLAS Medical Equipment report.imsi PACS
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Enterprise wide image distribution using a picture archiving and communication systemThinkingRadiology
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Not All CDRs are Created EqualHorizon Radiology
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Thinking SystemsHorizon Radiology Manager™ 5.4
Horizon Radiology Manager™ 5.4 introduces a host of new functionalities with 30 powerful feature enhancements, enabling our customers to reduce the complexity of their radiology workflow with fewer, simpler tasks. Horizon Radiology Manager™ is a fresh approach to the practice of radiology.Coronis Fusion 6MP DL
6 MegaPixel wide-screen diagnostic color display system Smart ideas can make a big difference. Sometimes, they can even change your view...That is exactly what Coronis Fusion 6MP DL does. Introducing the world’s first single-head diagnostic workstation that can be driven as two bezel-free 3MP displays or one widescreen 6MP display, the ingenious Coronis Fusion 6MP DL heralds a new paradigm of versatility and productivity in diagnostic imaging. Break free from the limitations of a traditional multi-head setup. Allow yourself the comfort to read all modalities from a single, integrated display system. Allow yourself the freedom to view more, experience more, achieve more... without the hindrance of a center bezel. Step into the unique world of Coronis Fusion 6MP DL.MediCal QAWeb
Secured online service for high-grade Quality Assurance of PACS displays. The first secured online service for high-grade Quality Assurance. MEDICAL QAWEB is the industry’s first online service for high-grade Quality Assurance. The all-inclusive secured system is your guarantee for maximum diagnostic confi- dence and uptime of all PACS display systems throughout the facility.Barco Medical Displays
A comprehensive range of displays for all medical applications. Over the years, Barco has established a solid reputation in the medical imaging market by providing high-performance imaging technology for conventional X-ray, digital radiography, digital mammography, ultrasound, magnetic resonance, computed tomography, PACS and 3D imaging. Its full line of color and grayscale diagnostic displays, display controllers, radiology display systems, 3D software applications and softcopy QA tools facilitate confident diagnoses while guaranteeing perfect image quality over time and across displays. Barco’s expertise is supported by a worldwide network of research, development and support services. A global sales organization, with regional support personnel familiar with local languages and requirements, complements Barco’s partnership approach.Elekta Family of Companies Solutions Guide
2008 Elekta Family of Companies Solutions Guide Central to our vision is the belief that technology delivers its maximum value when it offers improved usability and helps improve the daily workflow. Our concept of personalized efficiency focuses on optimizing every step of the patient care process to assure that your efforts are focused on the patient and not on the technology. Elekta products and services demonstrate our commitment to this vision with ground-breaking tools for streamlining the entire cancer therapy process. Exciting new technologies like Elekta VMAT, including true 3D imaging, will fight serious disease and enhance patient quality of life while decreasing the burden on radiation oncologists, therapists, physicists, dosimetrists and administrators. Discover how Elekta is pursuing one vision, one solution to help you achieve personalized efficiency and improve your daily schedule.
