Health IT

Healthcare information (HIT) systems are designed to connect all the elements together for patient data, reports, medical imaging, billing, electronic medical record (EMR), hospital information system (HIS), PACS, cardiology information systems (CVIS), enterprise image systems, artificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

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On Display: Monitors Show Their True Colors

Film on a lightbox or a digital image on a monitor - while the purpose is the same, the technology behind each is oh so different. The bottom line remains that the radiologist wants to know that the images - analog or digital - are of optimal diagnostic q

Integrated RIS-PACS: Is it the Right Choice?

While PACS enables radical changes in how an imaging center or radiology department manages its business, the intelligence features of the radiology information system (RIS) manage department workflow.

More Than Remote Success

The value of PACS escalates as radiologists expand their volume of work and other providers seek subspecialty expertise through teleradiology.

Accessing Patient Information Via PACS

Doctors at California's San Antonio Community Hospital make life-and-death decisions daily. Read a first-hand account of how the healthcare facility keeps its PACS operating virtually flawlessly.

Standards Watch | DICOM Turns 20: A Retrospective and a Look Forward

A large group of DICOM geeks, gurus and other interested parties gathered in September in Baltimore to celebrate the DICOM (digital imaging and communications in medicine) 20-year anniversary.

A Big Byte: PACS Widen Image Storage Boundaries

Image storage has become the primary concern and key component of PACS, in large part because as much as 60 percent of all hospital storage is used by and originates with the system.

Film Digitizers

Film digitizers are helping radiology departments bridge the technology gap between analog film and the digital imaging environment.

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