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5 steps to improve your imaging IT strategy
Are you doing all you can to implement an effective imaging IT strategy? In a new column, Jef Williams of Paragon Consulting Partners discusses five steps you can take to make sure you're prepared for the emerging healthcare landscape.
June 8, 2016
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Reversing for success -- universal viewers and VNAs
Much has been written and spoken about vendor-neutral archiving (VNA) and its trailing associated technology, the universal viewer. But do you really need to wait until the VNA is installed before adopting a universal viewer? Maybe not, according to Jef Williams of Ascendian Healthcare Consulting.
June 2, 2013
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Imaging Interoperability: Part 2 -- The 3 flavors of VNA
AuntMinnie.com presents the second in a two-part series on imaging interoperability from Jonathan Shoemaker and Jef Williams of Ascendian Healthcare Consulting. In Part 2, the authors present the key factors that best leverage the functionality of a true VNA.
March 14, 2013
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PACS/VNA
Imaging Interoperability: Part 1 -- New options
AuntMinnie.com presents the first in a two-part series from Jonathan Shoemaker and Jef Williams of Ascendian Healthcare Consulting. In part 1, the authors explain how vendor-neutral archives can provide much-needed interoperability in today's tumultuous healthcare environment.
September 6, 2012
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