Centura Health Evaluates VNA to Master Clinical Data
Case Study Featured in Imaging Technology News
Centura Health is the largest healthcare network in Colorado. Dedicated to delivering advanced care to more than a half million people, Centura strives for the highest quality and continuous innovation. To accomplish this, the organization needed to address its transformation and connectivity efforts across patient, people, processes and technologies — the essential ingredients when optimizing clinical performance.
VNA: Solutions for Medical Image Archiving and Dissemination
by Jonathan Shoemaker
Ascendian Healthcare Consulting
Vendor neutral archives (VNA) are gaining attention throughout the healthcare industry because of the advantages offered to medical imaging. VNAs hold promise of true neutrality, but many vendors are simply rebranding legacy third party Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) archives as a VNA solution. Others are providing a full archive solution that accommodates all data types and stores data in native formats. Understanding the difference between the various solutions and archiving methodology is paramount to those who are considering a VNA solution.
AHRA: Rads need to carve a role in ACOs
DALLAS–The accountable care organization (ACO) is an unknown for most physicians and administrators, partially because the government has not yet defined final ACO rules. However, radiology practices can and should begin to prepare for the transition to the ACO model. In fact, the push to ACOs provides an opportunity for radiology practices to re-imagine their businesses, said Jef Williams and Shawn McKenzie, both of Ascendian Healthcare Consulting, during a presentation Aug. 16 at the annual meeting of AHRA.
