Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - (Page 12) by beth Walsh GETTING it RIGHT Replacement PACS have made the transition share their experience and advice. Starting Over: How to Plan, Purchase & Put It in Place Making the decision to migrate to a second-generation PACS raises numerous questions. How to avoid problems associated with previous products while successfully planning for the future? Several facilities that O verlake Hospital Medical Center, a 337-bed regional hospital in Bellevue, Wash., has been using Webbased PACS since late last fall. What’s the biggest benefit? Simplicity, says senior systems analyst Tyrone Beal. The medical center is utilizing the GE Centricity PACS-IW system, originally the IntegradWeb solution from Dynamic Imaging which is now part of GE. The Web-based PACS offers accessibility, flexibility, and cost-effective scalability. The facility experienced a lot of downtime with its previous PACS. Overlake did a lot of comparison shopping and used a simple questionnaire that asked whether the vendor offered a Web-based, single user interface PACS; billing model by volume; and how licensing was structured. The simple, specific questions quickly helped to cull the list. In the end, Centricity PACS-IW had everything Overlake wanted at the best price. Being Web-based and having a single user 12 Health Imaging & IT | Images, Anywhere, Anytime: Web-Based PACS & RIS/PACS July 2008
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS Contents Why Web-based PACS Works for the Community Hospital Keeping Referrals Coming: Neuroradiology Group Reaps PACS Benefits Tracking Imaging Center Operations with Web-based RIS/PACS Teleradiology Group Shows Strong Growth Demands Strong PACS Replacement PACS: How to Plan, Purchase & Put It in Place PACS Optimizes Orthopedics Practice Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS (Page Cover1) Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS (Page Cover2) Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - Contents (Page 1) Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - Why Web-based PACS Works for the Community Hospital (Page 2) Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - Why Web-based PACS Works for the Community Hospital (Page 3) Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - Why Web-based PACS Works for the Community Hospital (Page 4) Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - Keeping Referrals Coming: Neuroradiology Group Reaps PACS Benefits (Page 5) Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - Keeping Referrals Coming: Neuroradiology Group Reaps PACS Benefits (Page 6) Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - Keeping Referrals Coming: Neuroradiology Group Reaps PACS Benefits (Page 7) Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - Tracking Imaging Center Operations with Web-based RIS/PACS (Page 8) Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - Tracking Imaging Center Operations with Web-based RIS/PACS (Page 9) Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - Teleradiology Group Shows Strong Growth Demands Strong PACS (Page 10) Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - Teleradiology Group Shows Strong Growth Demands Strong PACS (Page 11) Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - Replacement PACS: How to Plan, Purchase & Put It in Place (Page 12) Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - Replacement PACS: How to Plan, Purchase & Put It in Place (Page 13) Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - PACS Optimizes Orthopedics Practice (Page 14) Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - PACS Optimizes Orthopedics Practice (Page 15) Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - PACS Optimizes Orthopedics Practice (Page 16) Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - PACS Optimizes Orthopedics Practice (Page Cover3) Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS - PACS Optimizes Orthopedics Practice (Page Cover4)
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