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PACS: An Enterprise Priority So that the various proprietary systems to interact with PACS, Greater Baltimore modified different DICOM fields to make studies come across correctly. “We have 40 systems from various vendors that connect to our PACS within the radiology department, and we have learned that each vendor has different nuances to DICOM that we have successfully worked through,” Bodyk says. Bustleton experienced similar DICOM communication issues between its GE Healthcare’s digital mammography unit and its Viztek PACS soon after installation. GE and Viztek worked together, Limberakis says, to resolve the issue between disparate DICOM settings within a few weeks. PACS helps to make 25-bed Floyd Valley Hospital in LeMars, Iowa, more competitive and independent, says Radiology Director Denee Hardyk. Each year the facilities processes about 11,500 imaging procedures. Aspyra’s enterprise PACS is their PACS of choice. PACS brought autonomy to Floyd Valley Hospital, Hardyk says, because the facility “owns the images. For example, we do not have interact with the vendor IT department, in order to grant access for additional users— everything can be handled in-house.” But autonomy is far from isolation. PACS allows Floyd Valley to easily transfer and receive images from its governing health system, Avera in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, even though they have a different PACS. Similarly, at Bustleton Radiology Assocismaller facilities gain autonomy ates, MR images are read off-site. WebPACS healthcare enterprises of any size, large, MDRPubAdHalfPageHI 1/17/08 2:33 PM Page 1 based enterprise PACS brings the advantage medium and small facilities, see the benefits. that these remote radiologists or any referring physicians can easily access the images through a secure username and password, opposed to using couriers, Limberakis says. He says they chose an enterprise PACS to remain competitive by obtaining the most current technologies. “We are now able to offer our referring physicians the ability to image patients at their own facility without having to physically transfer the film to their offices.” Becoming a completely digital facility has offered cost-savings in the long-term thanks to the elimination of film, processors and chemicals, Limberakis notes. community hospitals blossom Richardson Regional Hospital is a 205-bed acute-care hospital in Richardson, Texas, that provides about 75,000 imaging procedures a year—a statistic that is expected to DICOM DISK PUBLISHING UNDER $15,000 � � � � � Automated, unattended operation Completely self-contained system Dual CDR/DVD burners Integrated full-color label graphics Burns images with DICOM viewer to disk or USB memory � � DICOM Image management Most affordable DICOM disk publishing system DICOM DISK BURNING AND LABELING FOR EVERYONE WWW.NAITECHPRODUCTS.COM MAKING THE CONNECTION™ 30 Health Imaging & IT | october 2008 Healthimaging.com http://WWW.NAITECHPRODUCTS.COM http://WWW.NAITECHPRODUCTS.COM http://www.HealthImaging.com

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