Excerpt from the white paper “Is PACS a commodity?”

Hopefully, the PACS solution that you select will truly have the potential to meet your needs. But it is important to real¬ize that buying and deploying the system is just the beginning. For state-of-the-art PACS, the greatest potential for productivity increase lies in enabling users to fully exploit the capacity of the system. An initial training ses¬sion is never enough. You need experience of working with the system to be able to put the right questions about how to reach the individual pinnacle of productivity. There is also enormous potential in streamlining the workflow of the entire unit if you have a powerful and versatile PACS.

Make no mistake; it is a great challenge to achieve all this. For one thing, taking time away radiologists’ production for training activities is always a hard sell, even if the long-term benefits are clear. Regarding workflow tuning, it is important to realize that best practices need to be adapted to each site.

Many PACS vendors simply do not have the experience or the organization to truly support continuous improve¬ment. Make sure to demand continuous assistance in spotting inefficient procedures, exploring all capabilities and spreading best practices. You should be able to select the best approach for you from a smorgasbord of services offered, ranging from off-site classes, application specialists recurrently on site, complete and easily accessible help files, user group meetings, and more.

White paper – Is PACS a commodity?

Continuous improvement if one of the challenges discussed in the white paper “Is PACS a commodity?”  In the white paper you can also follow our discussion on how a future-proof PACS vendor should handle the data boom and approach wide area radiology.

Wide area radiology Dr. Claes Lundström, PACS trends, White Paper, Wide area radiology