August 23, 2013 Joe Marion
Recent consulting engagement discussions have brought the question of “best-of-breed” versus single vendor to the forefront. In one instance, different sections of the same academic department all have their own idea of what’s the best reporting solution for them. And it’s not just academia. I am starting an engagement with a county hospital that has three distinct vendor solutions within the same cardiology department!
July 24, 2013 Joe Marion
Microsoft has been getting its share of bad press lately after poor quarterly results and more details on a planned reorganization. Many are saying that Microsoft can’t sustain its dominance with Windows and Office as PC sales stall. It is interesting to speculate as to what healthcare might look like post-Microsoft, given the dominance of PC applications in healthcare. Or, will Microsoft be successful in transforming itself, and all this speculation be for naught?
June 27, 2013 Joe Marion
Achieving Meaningful Use can be a daunting process. Imaging Elements has some innovative technology that can improve the process for radiology groups.
June 11, 2013 Joe Marion
The SIIM 2013 Annual Meeting presented some change from the past, but still needs to evolve to truly represent imaging informatics beyond radiology.
June 4, 2013 Joe Marion
SIIM is trying to reinvent itself with a broader focus than radiology imaging. Will the upcoming annual meeting demonstrate success in the metamorphosis?
May 3, 2013 Joe Marion
I have been a loyal user of Nuance products for many years in support of my own business operations, including the Dragon speech recognition applications, as well as the OmniPage OCR, PDF Converter, and PaperPort applications for document management. As a loyal user, Nuance has occasionally included me in several “beta” evaluations of their software, including recently OmniPage Ultimate. Having used this application over the past several weeks, there are several new features that I believe have interesting consequences for healthcare.
April 30, 2013 Joe Marion
A week ago while on vacation in Florida I experienced another episode of vertigo. For those of you who have never experienced vertigo, you are fortunate! Long story short I ended up in the ER, and then admitted to the hospital. The stay was necessary from the physician's perspective, as they did a CT scan while in the ER, with inconclusive findings, which again in their mind necessitated admission and an MRI/MRA scan (which of course couldn't be scheduled until the next day!).
April 17, 2013 Joe Marion
This week I had the opportunity to attend Perceptive Software’s Inspire 2013 meeting in Phoenix, Ariz. For those not familiar with Perceptive Software, they recently acquired Acuo Technologies earlier this year. Perceptive itself was acquired by LexMark in 2010, as part of LexMark’s push to remake itself from a printer company into a document management company.
April 9, 2013 Joe Marion
I question whether in today’s evolved healthcare environment there are as many strong bonds between vendor management and academic leaders. In many instances it was the entrepreneurial risk taking management that believed in clinical relationships and research as a means for technology innovation.
March 15, 2013 Joe Marion
In working with a client that is evaluating acquisition of a new PACS (Picture Archive and Communications System) and the addition of a RIS (Radiology Information System), discussions with Philips confirmed that they have discontinued their RIS! One of the premises for this is that so much of the RIS functionality has been taken over by the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) that there is no longer a need for a RIS!
