Leverage Your Enterprise PACS as a Workflow Engine
A recent article in Healthcare IT News on the topic of workflow engines really caught my eye.
View ArticleHow to Build a Better Workflow with Advanced Functionality PACS
Remember the days when all you could do with a telephone was call people—and only then from home, work, or a public phone booth? Thanks to the power of innovation, today we can not only make and...
View ArticleGot the Radiology Workflow Blues? Merge Communities Has You Covered
How many times a week do you find yourself stumped by a question that—while not impossible to answer—really gets in the way of maintaining an efficient workflow? If you’re lucky, the answer is “not all...
View ArticleMerge Communities: A Front-row Seat to Future Radiology Solutions
In a recent post, my colleague Julie Pekarek discussed Merge Communities and some of the ways our customers use this online social platform to get quick answers to day-to-day radiology workflow...
View ArticleSix Reasons to Visit Merge Healthcare at HIMSS15
If you’ve been working in healthcare IT for any length of time, you know that HIMSS isn’t just another industry conference. It’s the biggest, most expansive collection of health IT companies, products,...
View ArticleToday’s Strategies for the Future of Connected Care
While only a fool would claim that he could say with absolute certainty what the future holds, it doesn’t take fortune teller to see that success in the healthcare industry will increasingly favor the...
View ArticleEnterprise Imaging in a Deconstructed World
In an age when consolidation, mergers, and acquisitions are increasingly common, the concept of the deconstructed PACS addresses real challenges and resolves pressing issues. Larger radiology practices...
View ArticleReconstructing PACS to Deliver Optimal Performance and Integration
Some of today’s picture archiving communication systems (PACS) are capable of archiving images to a vendor neutral archive (VNA) and then pulling them back out when they’re needed. That’s pretty much...
View ArticleDistributed, Deconstructed, or Reconstructed: What You Need to Know about...
Enterprise's requirements for image management solutions are becoming more sophisticated and changing how providers view their Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS). Not that long ago PACS...
View ArticleMerge is traveling this spring. Are you?
If you are planning imaging-related trade show trips to Washington, D.C., Las Vegas, or Boston this spring, stop by and visit Merge at SIIM (Booth #222), RBMA (Booth #401) and ASE 2015 (Booth #412). We...
View ArticleClinical Decision Support: Building a Standardized Process for the 2017...
It’s no secret that IT standards in healthcare are changing rapidly. In addition to the evolving rules for meaningful use of HIT in the EHR incentive program, several current and proposed legislative...
View ArticleUnderstanding and Benchmarking Your Healthcare IT Costs
A logical paradox seems to currently apply to the understanding and management of healthcare information technology (HIT) costs: although healthcare providers face common problems, they don’t often...
View ArticleBetter Coordination of Care: a Win-Win for Providers and Patients
Healthcare organizations are feeling the impact of the shift from fee-for service to value-based care. By 2016, 85 percent of Medicare payments will be tied to quality and value, rising to 90 percent...
View ArticleThree Keys to Healthcare Interoperability Success
Interoperability is at the forefront of the fast-paced health IT industry, and medical imaging is one of its key components. Having an efficient imaging strategy in place is imperative, not only for...
View ArticleMedical Imaging and Consumer-Driven Healthcare
While medical imaging specialists today find themselves under increased pressure to demonstrate value, the need to prove value is certainly not new to the medical imaging field. In fact, the explosion...
View ArticleFive Reasons to Attend Merge Live in September
If you’ve been in the healthcare IT industry long enough, you know that it’s important to stay connected with your partners and peers. The healthcare industry is evolving at a rapid pace; it is...
View ArticleRBMA features iConnect® Network Services
It’s no secret that interoperability is a growing challenge for the health IT industry. Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) interviewed Steve Tolle, Merge’s Chief Strategy Officer and...
View ArticleA Letter to All Merge Customers
We are very pleased to share some exciting news with you. Earlier today we announced that we have entered into a definitive agreement under which IBM will acquire Merge Healthcare. Through this...
View ArticleTwo Approaches to Simplifying Radiology Accounts Receivable
Understanding your accounts receivable granularly can be critical for managing your radiology business’s finances, but sorting claims by narrow criteria can be a complex task. To address this problem,...
View ArticleWhen Was the Last Time You Evaluated Your Breast Imaging Strategy?
For many years, mammograms have been at the center stage of all breast imaging. And while still an integral part of breast screening, new legislature is shaping the entire breast imaging workflow. With...
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