Switching Paper to Electronic Records Lessen Patient Wait Times for Pre-operative Breast Procedures
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts) reported in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology that switching from... Read more
Enterprise Imaging and Electronic Health Records
An important next step in the evolution of value-based care is incorporating Enterprise Imaging (EI) into the Electronic Health Record (EHR).... Read more
Agfa HealthCare Receives MDR Certification
Agfa HealthCare among the first to receive new European Medical Device Regulation certification for its Class IIa solutions The new... Read more
Enterprise Imaging - Think Big
Healthcare organisations need to think big when planning and outlining their goals for implementing an enterprise imaging system. As far as... Read more
Acquiring and Securing Medical Images With Mobile Devices
With smartphones being used for anything and everything these days, healthcare providers are also capturing medical photos on mobile devices... Read more
Latest Journals
Blog Posts
Digital Healthcare Focus: European Hospitals on Fire (FHIR) EMH-onFHIR
In this space I will explore monthly topics, from concepts to technologies, related to the necessary steps to build Digital Healthcare Systems. For this month, I have invited Mr Giorgio Cangioli to co-author a brief article on Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), as hospitals and their interconnections are a critical asset and next... Read more
White Papers and Case Studies
Evaluating Archive Solutions for Enterprise Image Management
2016 07 Apr
This paper discusses various aspects that need to be evaluated when investing in archive solutions for enterprise image management. It provides a set of questions that will help you on your way when creating your requirement specification. As healthcare processes become more oriented toward clinical pathways, rather than focused on specific disciplines... Read more
Major Academic Medical System Advances Image Management With Sectra Enterprise Imaging
2016 06 Apr
University Hospitals in Cleveland made do for years with separate PACS for radiology, cardiology and other image-intensive clinical departments. Now the 18-hospital, 15-county, 40-clinic integrated health network is half of the way through implementing a true enterprise image- management solution—a.k.a. VNA (vendor neutral archive)—and one key... Read more
Challenges, Strategies and Recommendations to Improve Cybersecurity
2022 23 Dec
Cybersecurity is vital for the effective functioning of healthcare organisations and protecting private and important patient information and data. HealthManagement.org spoke to Dan Brown, Chief Technology Officer, Tim Hill, Global Security and Privacy Program Manager and Jarius Jackson, Data Protection Officer & Security & Privacy... Read more
Across the Regions, Agfa HealthCare is Making Image Sharing a Reality
2022 13 Sep
An overview of large-scale, multi-site health IT projects which demonstrate how Agfa HealthCare has strategically and operationally guided clients, who make use of its flagship Enterprise Imaging platform, to fulfill complex requirements and bring to success tangible outcomes. Key Points A well-designed Enterprise Imaging platform... Read more
Dare to Change!
2021 26 Nov
An overview of the successful collaboration between Centre Hospitalier Emile Mayrisch (CHEM) and Agfa HealthCare and the implementation of the Enterprise Imaging platform. The Centre Hospitalier Emile Mayrisch (CHEM) is the biggest hospital in the southern region of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. 1861 staff and 258 doctors work across... Read more
Regional Radiology Collaboratives - Benefits of Intelligent Networking?
2021 20 Oct
The Yorkshire Imaging Collaborative (YIC) is a combined technology and business transformation project which unified radiology imaging and report-sharing between 8 NHS trusts across Yorkshire, including the recently established NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber. Dr Daniel Fascia has extensive experience in radiology practices... Read more
With the URIS, the Moscow Health Care Department Has Laid the Foundations for Connected Care
2021 09 Sep
300 modalities, 1500 radiologists, 1500+ technicians, 10,000 referring physicians, 500,000 patients… Moscow’s Unified Radiological Information System (URIS) and its unified digital infrastructure have become a ‘one stop shop’ to access patient imaging data across the megalopolis and beyond. And a core component of URIS is the unified Enterprise... Read more
From Our Journals
Enterprise Imaging and Shared Workflow
The role of a radiologist is becoming more central to healthcare.... Read more
Enterprise Imaging
Enterprise imaging — the ability to store, view and exchange images from... Read more
Enterprise Imaging VNA - Enriching Patient Imaging Records
Agfa HealthCare’s Enterprise Imaging VNA solution is a modern, standards-based Read more
Regional Radiology Collaboratives - Benefits of Intelligent Networking?
The Yorkshire Imaging Collaborative (YIC) is a combined technology and... Read more
Across the Regions, Agfa HealthCare is Making Image Sharing a Reality
An overview of large-scale, multi-site health IT projects which demonstrate... Read more
With the URIS, the Moscow Health Care Department Has Laid the Foundations for Connected Care
300 modalities, 1500 radiologists, 1500+ technicians, 10,000 referring... Read more