Long-fought battles rarely end successfully. So when operating system giant Microsoft and server-maker Sun Microsystems buried their 15-year-old hatchet (ending their anti-trust battles in April), it was a significant event for computer users everywhere.
Wireless technology is taking healthcare by storm, as it proves to be economical and a source of real-time information for decision-makers and caregivers.
Workflow can be a constant works-in-progress, as free-standing imaging centers continually tinker and adjust to make facilities more efficient and patient-friendly.
How valuable are PACS? Seven healthcare facilities show their return on investment results in dollars and cents. And anecdotally too, PACS are making sense in facilities large and small.
Be assured that bandwidth that is sufficient today will fall short of demand in three to five years. Plan for expansion now to cover the needs of the future.
The terms Electronic Medical Record (EMR), Computerized Patient Record (CPR) and Electronic Health Record (EHR), are used interchangeably when people speak of an electronic patient health record, however, they have different meanings representing their evolution.
