Dear PACS Insider,
Integrating PACS with the electronic health record (EHR) can be difficult, but a large public healthcare system in Houston found the results to be well worth it.
At Harris County Hospital District (HCHD), a PACS-EHR integration project has allowed clinicians to have a single, comprehensive view of all patient clinical information. It has also resulted in faster turnaround for radiology reports, revenue cycle improvements, and a host of technical advances for HCHD.
Medical director for clinical information systems Dr. John Riggs discussed the program during a session at the recent annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society meeting in Las Vegas.
Our coverage of the HCHD experience is the subject of this month's PACS Digital Community Insider Exclusive, which you can access before the rest of our AuntMinnie.com members by clicking here.
In other news we're featuring this issue, imaging devices can represent a network security risk due to a number of factors, but you can learn how to address this problem by clicking here.
Apple's new iPad debuted on March 16 to much fanfare. The latest iteration of the popular tablet offers a number of benefits for radiology professionals, including its high-resolution Retina display. With the upgrade, the new iPad now has the resolution of a three-megapixel PACS monitor. Also sure to please is its support for 4G LTE networking, as well as its quad-core graphics processing capability. Get the details here.
While PACS markets in most developed regions in the world have become highly saturated, the cardiovascular information systems and radiology information systems sectors offer attractive growth prospects. Theo Ahadome of market research firm InMedica shares why in his article here.
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