In today's healthcare environment, there's no question that the need to connect silos of data, whether department or enterprise wide, has become an increasing demand placed on IT infrastructures. To meet that demand, you need rapid and secure access to clinical data across the continuum of care, along with the flexibility to select components. Today, in the U.S., you can connect disparate hospital and department data by leveraging industry standards such as DICOM, HL7 and XDS, through an optimized vendor neutral archive.