Resources
The Anatomy of a Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) Done Right: The Case for Silo Busting
Date: Sep 15, 2011
This scenario is becoming increasingly expensive to support, and the rapidly rising volume of medical image data is quickly outpacing the limited functionality of the traditional departmental PACS archive. Various other problems are associated with departmental PACS as well. Most notably, the introduction of somewhat proprietary metadata into the DICOM header can limit interoperability with other PACS. The thin-client, DICOM-dependent Clinical Viewer featured by most PACS is no longer suited to the role of the enterprise universal viewer. Furthermore, the strategy of interfacing multiple clinical PACS viewers to the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system's physician portal is misguided and unlikely to encourage meaningful use. Read »
HIPAA Primer Best Practices
Date: Sep 15, 2011
This inherently difficult task is complicated by multiple departments, thousands of patients, and the dueling requirements of easy access and HIPAA-level security. That's why many leading healthcare organizations rely on Iron Mountain. Our experience, proven workflows, and best practices make us the trusted partner for all aspects of records management, while meeting or exceeding HIPAA requirements. With Iron Mountain as your records management partner, you can be comfortable knowing your patient information is protected and safe -- for the life of your records.
Read »
Iron Mountain EMR Scanning Survey Report
Date: Sep 15, 2011
Two findings of a recent survey from Iron Mountain that asked over 200
health information professionals how they're scanning paper patient records and planning to use them moving forward as part of their transition to an EMR system. The results reveal hospitals -- lacking guidelines from CMS for scanning paper patient files -- are taking different approaches to digitizing records, with scanning budgets sometimes exceeding $100 million. Read »
The Role of Analytics in Transforming Healthcare
Date: Feb 03, 2011
Twenty-five years of unprecedented expansion in scientific knowledge are revealing the underlying causes of disease while technology breakthroughs in imaging, genomics, proteomics, diagnostics and other disciplines promise to usher in a wave of new innovation in the prevention and cure of disease. Read »
Medical Image Archiving - Reducing the Cost and Complexity
Date: Feb 03, 2011
In the healthcare industry, medical image archives are growing exponentially. More studies, larger studies, longer retention, and new modalities are driving the dramatic increase in storage needs. Facing this growth, healthcare information technology departments are seeking a way to reduce image archiving costs. Read »
Make the iPad Work for your Clinicians and EHR Adoption
Date: Feb 03, 2011
Who can resist the latest devices? Not your clinicians. Don’t stand in the way of clinicians using their iPads and other mobile devices. Support the use of clinician-friendly, non-traditional devices using Citrix desktop virtualization and provide superior patient care. Provide fast, easy, uninterrupted access to EMR applications with patient data stored safely back in the datacenter. Celebrate the power to say “yes” to the iPad and other mobile devices for improved clinician experience and patient care. Download this white paper to gain a better understanding of desktop virtualization solutions that can help you deliver EMR applications on demand. Read »
Date: Sep 15, 2011
This scenario is becoming increasingly expensive to support, and the rapidly rising volume of medical image data is quickly outpacing the limited functionality of the traditional departmental PACS archive. Various other problems are associated with departmental PACS as well. Most notably, the introduction of somewhat proprietary metadata into the DICOM header can limit interoperability with other PACS. The thin-client, DICOM-dependent Clinical Viewer featured by most PACS is no longer suited to the role of the enterprise universal viewer. Furthermore, the strategy of interfacing multiple clinical PACS viewers to the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system's physician portal is misguided and unlikely to encourage meaningful use. Read »
HIPAA Primer Best Practices
Date: Sep 15, 2011
This inherently difficult task is complicated by multiple departments, thousands of patients, and the dueling requirements of easy access and HIPAA-level security. That's why many leading healthcare organizations rely on Iron Mountain. Our experience, proven workflows, and best practices make us the trusted partner for all aspects of records management, while meeting or exceeding HIPAA requirements. With Iron Mountain as your records management partner, you can be comfortable knowing your patient information is protected and safe -- for the life of your records.
Read »
Iron Mountain EMR Scanning Survey Report
Date: Sep 15, 2011
Two findings of a recent survey from Iron Mountain that asked over 200
health information professionals how they're scanning paper patient records and planning to use them moving forward as part of their transition to an EMR system. The results reveal hospitals -- lacking guidelines from CMS for scanning paper patient files -- are taking different approaches to digitizing records, with scanning budgets sometimes exceeding $100 million. Read »
The Role of Analytics in Transforming Healthcare
Date: Feb 03, 2011
Twenty-five years of unprecedented expansion in scientific knowledge are revealing the underlying causes of disease while technology breakthroughs in imaging, genomics, proteomics, diagnostics and other disciplines promise to usher in a wave of new innovation in the prevention and cure of disease. Read »
Medical Image Archiving - Reducing the Cost and Complexity
Date: Feb 03, 2011
In the healthcare industry, medical image archives are growing exponentially. More studies, larger studies, longer retention, and new modalities are driving the dramatic increase in storage needs. Facing this growth, healthcare information technology departments are seeking a way to reduce image archiving costs. Read »
Make the iPad Work for your Clinicians and EHR Adoption
Date: Feb 03, 2011
Who can resist the latest devices? Not your clinicians. Don’t stand in the way of clinicians using their iPads and other mobile devices. Support the use of clinician-friendly, non-traditional devices using Citrix desktop virtualization and provide superior patient care. Provide fast, easy, uninterrupted access to EMR applications with patient data stored safely back in the datacenter. Celebrate the power to say “yes” to the iPad and other mobile devices for improved clinician experience and patient care. Download this white paper to gain a better understanding of desktop virtualization solutions that can help you deliver EMR applications on demand. Read »
