Dear Buyer's Guide Update Member,
Radiology has long considered itself the guardian of PACS. This worldview continued to be valid as long as the need for digital images confined itself primarily to the radiology department.
But this perception has begun to break down as the need for PACS has percolated throughout the healthcare enterprise. Cardiology, orthopedics, and other disciplines are now clamoring for -- and usually getting -- access to digital images almost as quickly as their radiology brethren.
That change was evident at the recent Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting in Seattle, where healthcare informatics researchers and vendors discussed the challenges of PACS in the healthcare enterprise. Market activity continues to heat up around the utilization of digital image management technology for other specialties, and many industry analysts believe that the lessons learned in radiology will help spark this effort.
In this edition of the Buyer's Guide Update newsletter, you'll find dozens of listings for PACS products and services, including the following categories:
- Complete Systems
- Components and Software
- Accessories
- Services, General
- Services, Data Storage Service Providers
Check out any of the links above for a comprehensive list of products and services in each category, or for a sample take a look at any of the links below.
Coming up in July, our focus will be on SPECT and PET/CT systems. If you're a vendor and would like to update your Buyer's Guide listings, just send an e-mail to [email protected] to get started.
