Improving patient care in today's busy and overloaded imaging environment means automating and continually refining digital workflow - an impossible endeavor without an efficient radiology information system.

It was about a year ago that I did not receive a reply to an e-mail for several days from a PAC system administrator at a major institution in Houston. After three days, I called her and asked whether there might be a problem - finding out that the e-mail system had been down for three days, hopefully to be back up in another day or so.

Effectively managing images cradle to grave is all about good planning. See why some facilities see offsite storage as the best plan.

Sky Ridge Medical Center opened in August 2003 with a significant investment in cutting-edge technology and a commitment to a filmless environment.

A range of more affordable storage choices is allowing storage area network access for mid-range and small-scale healthcare facilities.

The PACS of today is definitely a more mature sibling of the PACS of a decade ago.

PACS through the years definitely has been a "lessons learned" experience. This article describes some of the history, and evolution of these systems as well as early experiences.

Managing the flow of images from numerous modality scanners to specific workstations for post-processing is one of the critical elements in maintaining and boosting radiology department productivity.