A solid business continuity plan provides the healthcare organizationwith the redundancy and infrastructure necessary to recover data if aprimary system or data center is compromised or destroyed.
The right diplays can boost reading efficiency and workflow, which, in turn, aids turnaround time and workflow and increases revenue. Making the right display choice hinges on understanding the subtle and not-so-subtle differences between systems and vendors.
Business continuity is not an easy process; however, many healthcarefacilities have successfully tackled it. These experienced sites offera wealth of advice for their colleagues with tips for success.
Experience demonstrates that there aredramatic differences in workflow, efficiency, and ease of use amongdisplay systems and vendors. The same credo holds true for thedeployment process.
More practices are installing computed radiography (CR) for orthopedics and experiencing the benefits: reduced imaging costs, improved workflow efficiencies, expedient information delivery, and simultaneous access to images and clinical information by multiple users.
Some 434 imaging and IT decision-makers—representing a crosssection of professionals within large, medium, and small hospitals andimaging centers—offered their opinions on 23 trends that encompasstechnology buying and operations, and shared their goals and challenges.
IMRT’s ability to shield noncancerous areas while sending higher doses of radiation allows for fewer negative side effects and better cure rates.
Many PET/CT challenges involve IT. The good news is vendors are developing new systems and applications to overcome integration woes, enabling radiologists to ramp up PET/CT workflow.
When it comes to setting priorities, operations are topping the list inhospitals and imaging centers. The data are compelling in this month’sTop Trends survey cover story, which reflects the opinions of more than425 readers.
