The PACS/IT Coninuum: Present Access and Future Integration Strategies, 2010-2012

IMV Medical Information Division, Inc.
June 1, 2010
178 Pages - SKU: TMG6382899
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The research is based on data collection which took place in March and April 2010 with PACS and radiology administrators in US shortterm, nonFederal hospitals with 100 or more beds. Over 300 hospitals were surveyed. The report provides detailed inform

Key topics covered in this report include

Present Access to Radiology PACS, including:
  •     Departments and locations with access to the enterprise PACS
  •     Modalities integrated with the PACS
  •     Companies that are the primary PACS system integrators
  •     Hospitals use of the same vendor for radiology PACS and RIS, and for radiology PACS and cardiology PACS
  •     Advanced visualization capabilities present on the PACS
Future PACS Integrations Strategies and Plans:
  •     New PACS purchases, replacements and upgrades budgeted for 20102012
  •     Archive and access strategies for longterm archive and disaster recovery
  •     Presence of "vendor neutral" archive strategies
  •     Plans to purchase upgrades
  •     Capital budgets for 20102012
  •     Decision factors that drive brand preference
Plans to Interface Related Information Systems and Other Images with Radiology PACS
  •     Other specialties that will be integrated with PACS by 2012
  •     Other health enterprise information systems that will be interfaced with PACS by 2012
  •     Additional valueadded services requested by PACS customers