Imaging

Part 2: A Broad Spectrum

October 27, 2009     Healthcare Informatics Editors
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In an evolving vendor market, customer perceptions of imaging IT solutions run the gamut, say experts.

Parsing the PACS Market

June 26, 2009     Mark Hagland
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Is now a good time to buy a first-time or replacement PACS? It all depends on whom you ask. On the one hand, PACS has become largely commoditized, leaving sellers in a vulnerable position. On the other hand, the HITECH rush on healthcare IT products and services has some vendors feeling quite secure.

One-on-One with Christus Health SVP & CIO George Conklin

May 29, 2009     Mark Hagland
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Christus Health is the fourth-largest Catholic healthcare delivery system in the United States. Based in Dallas, it includes 44 hospitals and 30,000 employees. Christus was formed in 1999 through the merger of two Catholic health systems - Sisters of Charity, based in Houston, and Incarnate Word, based in San Antonio.

PACS Administrators No More?

April 27, 2009     Mark Hagland
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For Chuck Podesta, senior vice president and CIO at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vt., the question is far from academic or theoretical. As he and his colleagues at the 562-bed hospital in central Vermont move towards enterprise-wide diagnostic imaging management, they are investigating how to transition “PACS administrators” into diagnostic imaging professionals.

The Future of Imaging, Part II

December 22, 2008     Mark Hagland
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To get a “40,000-feet-up” perspective on the evolution of imaging management in hospitals and health systems, Mark Hagland gathered a distinguished

RSNA Day Three: A Question of Perspective

December 3, 2008    
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In an imaging management vendor market facing industry change and economic uncertainty, what’s the best corporate configuration? Is it better to be a

RSNA Day Two: Is PACS Replacement Spending Inevitable?

December 2, 2008    
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By today (Tuesday), it was visibly clear that foot traffic was at least slightly down at RSNA 2008, the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of

Hearts and Minds

September 25, 2008     Mark Hagland
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Cindy Eggert, vice president of information systems and CIO at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, knew it would be a challenge to bring

One-on-One with Healthia's Jim B-Reay

September 1, 2008     Anthony Guerra
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A recent survey found data storage to be one of the more pressing issues weighing on CIOs. And when one tries to pinpoint the culprit for most of

PACS Partnering

July 24, 2008     Mark Hagland
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Our final installment of this three-part series examining the major strategic trends in the imaging/PACS space looks at strategies for working with

Winning the Trifecta

June 26, 2008     Mark Hagland
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This is the second installment of a three-part series examining the major strategic trends in the imaging/PACS space. This story looks at the

MGMA Talks Shop

January 1, 2007     Anthony Guerra
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Proposed Medicare physician payment cuts of approximately 5.1 percent (which, at press time, were still being debated) could slow IT adoption, said former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Thomas Scully at the Medical Group Management Association conference in Las Vegas.
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