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GE completes purchase of Micro Medical

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

September 18, 2000

Global Telemedix taps new CEO

September 18, 2000

PACS growth hinges on better financing

Despite documented efficiency and productivity gains, PACS implementation has occurred much more slowly than anticipated. The answer, say researchers, lies in creating more and better financing options.

September 18, 2000

Routine maintenance essential for high-res PACS monitors

By Erik L. Ridley

Although much improved in recent years, high-resolution monitors used for primary diagnosis still have relatively short life spans and need frequent service. As a result, routine maintenance and quality control are critical for these workhorses of the filmless radiology department.

September 18, 2000

PACS veterans debate merits of ASP-powered digital image management

The growing availability of application service provider (ASP) models for digital image management is viewed by many market watchers as a catalyst for broader and cheaper adoption of the technology. But is it really a good deal? PACS consultant Michael J. Cannavo and eMed Technologies vice president of marketing John Strauss take sides on the issue.

September 18, 2000

Security, ASP models highlight new PACS Digital Community

By Erik L. Ridley

Welcome to AuntMinnie.com's PACS Digital Community, a site-within-a-site that delivers news, trends, and analysis in the field of digital image management. Our new discussion group capabilities let you interact with other members and PACS experts in areas that interest you most.

September 18, 2000

DLT, MOD have different strengths in PACS storage; more choices on the way

PACS networks offer important advantages over film-based systems, but implementing them presents a number of tough questions. For example, which storage medium should be used to archive the boatloads of image data -- perhaps 20 GB a day, or 4 terabytes a year -- that come with running a large-scale PACS network?

September 18, 2000

In digital radiology, QA means never having to say you're sorry

While digital radiology can greatly improve an imaging department's capabilities, it also brings a wealth of opportunities for failure -- as measured in downtime, lost or misidentified images, poor image quality, and other problems. Clinicians at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston show how a strong quality assurance program can go a long way toward preventing disasters.

September 18, 2000

Encryption is key to medical data security

Even though the U.S. government wrote them, the almost-final security rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) are more complicated than they sound. For one thing, they describe the results of security measures rather than the systems that support them. For another, computers and networks are easy to fool. Encryption is the key to most aspects of security, says one expert.

September 18, 2000

Disaster recovery plans crucial for PACS

By Erik L. Ridley

With final security provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act expected to be enacted by November, hospitals need to evaluate their disaster recovery and data backup plans for their PACS networks.

September 18, 2000

Security measures can prevent PACS hack attacks

Just as a hacker might target a personal computer through its e-mail program, someone looking to destroy a radiology practice -- its PACS, billing, or medical records support systems -- would attack a system's data-warehouse host servers.

September 18, 2000

RIS and PACS users must prepare for future data migration

By Erik L. Ridley

When moving to a digital environment for radiology images and reports, healthcare institutions have to address how or whether to bring paper records and hard-copy films into the digital realm. But planning for the future integrity and smooth migration of digitally stored images and reports to subsequent data management systems may be just as important.

September 18, 2000

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