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

St. Clair Hospital in Mt. Lebanon, Penn., has purchased Carestream’s cardiology PACS, and upgraded its existing Carestream Vue RIS and Carestream Vue PACS.

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.

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.

Boston Scientific has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BridgePoint Medical, a privately held company based in Minneapolis, which develops a catheter-based system to treat coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs).

Radiologists and other imaging professionals in the U.S. are getting involved in efforts to improve healthcare quality using health information systemsby increasing the amount and quality of information, including patients histories and imaging exams, available to members of the care team at the point of care. Health information exchange (HIE) may be crucial to meeting this goal.