With heightened interest and incentives for EMR and image and information sharing as part of a health information exchange--healthcare executives are focusing on coordinating their financial, clinical and technical resources on building and integrating a healthcare image and information archive that leverages their current IT investments while providing the foundation for imaging exchange workflow and EMR integration.

Learning Objectives: Technologies and tools for boosting radiologist productivity; Action plans for improving imaging workflow; Tactics for thriving in today's healthcare environment; Strategies for optimizing service to referring physicians; A look into the future of image sharing, accessibility, diagnostic reporting, multi-ology archiving and reimbursement

Learn how innovative hospitals are utilizing the latest technology to replace their first generation PACS and in the process improve patient outcomes and reduce operating costs.

Learn how Sectra managed the complex requirements related to this large health system's RIS/PACS preparation and integration, workflow customization and training needs. Featuring: ProMedica Health System

Image quality is key when it comes to making accurate diagnosis and confident clinical decisions. Learn how the importance of certain criteria such as luminance, ambient lighting and automated calibration play a crucial role in image reading accuracy. Workflow benefits include increased physician productivity and reduced IT intervention.

In today's healthcare environment, there's no question that the need to connect silos of data, whether department or enterprise wide, has become an increasing demand placed on IT infrastructures.

Rutland Regional Medical Center in Vermont, is a 188-bed rural hospital that effectively weds high-tech imaging with patient-centric care. This high-tech hospital with a hometown touch utilizes an integrated RIS-PACS-reporting solution in its radiology department that is delivering benefits across the health system.

Lifespan is a five-hospital system in Providence, R.I., managing more than 500,000 radiology and cardiology exams per year. To balance the image management needs across departments, meet the daily demands of access to full clinical information across their health system with an eye on future participation in the Accountable Care initiative, Lifespan is embarking on a multi-year journey to leverage IT infrastructure as a strategic asset and utilize a combination of an enterprise vendor neutral archive coupled with archive neutral PACS for radiology, cardiology, endoscopy and other departments.