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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
