Google Health shutdown spurs debate over PHR viability
Healthcare IT News | November 2011
While Google Health has faltered, the Radiological Society of North America is conducting a PHR project of its own. Funded by a $4.7 million grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, RNSA will be designing and launching an Internet-based network for patient-controlled sharing of medical images. The network will facilitate access to imaging exams for patients and physicians, “potentially reducing redundant examinations, minimizing patient radiation exposure and enabling better informed medical decisions,” an organization statement said
DICOM Grid Releases AccessMyImages.com to Enable Easy Sharing of Diagnostic Imaging Studies
PRNewswire | November 2011
DICOM Grid, announced the release of AccessMyImages.com, a Personal Health Record (PHR) for medical imaging. This allows the patient to have control of their diagnostic images and reports through a secure web application and eliminates the time and costs associated with generating imaging CDs or film.
How Cloud Can Improve Medical Image Sharing
Information Week | June 2011
Houston-based Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, has effectively set up a medical imaging exchange in the cloud that helps assure diagnostic-quality images are available at any time throughout the health system.
Vendor-neutral imaging systems provide efficiency, integration for hospitals
Hospital Impact | May 2011
Hospitals and health systems create, store and access images every day using proprietary picture archiving and communication systems (PACS). Radiologists typically must view and interpret images on-site because they cannot access their hospital's PACS remotely. Worse, their PACS cannot exchange images with other PACS, even when images in those disparate systems are stored in the standard DICOM format.
6 Issues to Consider: Cloud-Based Imaging for Your Hospital
Becker’s Hospital Review | April 2011
As hospitals move to integrate images with electronic records, they are finding that their legacy imaging technologies and manual processes for sharing images leave them poorly positioned to respond to market forces such as the pressure to improve quality and reduce costs. To meet the demands of the rapidly changing healthcare environment, providers are increasingly looking for ways to efficiently store and instantly share images and data with other physicians and patients. For many, that means transitioning to the cloud — easy, web-based medical imaging management that allows providers to search for, view and seamlessly exchange imaging data.
