The radiology community is struggling mightily to deliver high-quality patient care despite shrinking budgets and a chronic shortage of radiologists. One consequence is that organizations are seeking synergies by connecting several enterprises under one umbrella.
But before we can even begin to find long-term solutions to daunting demographic trends and the endless demands to get more …
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February 8th, 2010
Dr. Claes Lundström, Director of Radiology IT solutions, Sectra
In his latest AuntMinnie post, Michael J. Cannavo brings up the topic of Vendor-Neutral Archives (VNAs), aka PACS-Neutral Archives (PNAs). I agree with Mr. Cannavo’s insightful points about the necessity of information sharing in future healthcare and the described benefits of VNAs. However, our long experience from deploying cross-enterprise archiving and sharing shows …
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February 1st, 2010
Dr Claes Lundström, Director of Radiology IT, Sectra
As you have probably noticed, buying and deploying a PACS is just the beginning of your journey towards true productivity. Enabling PACS users throughout the enterprise to fully exploit the capacity of the system is just as big a challenge. A future-proof, productivity focused vendor should be able to provide continuous assistance in spotting inefficient procedures, exploring new capabilities as well as spreading best practices – supporting you in reaching the full potential of your PACS investment.
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The financial situation and the increased demands on healthcare efficiency that follows is a hot discussion topic at RSNA. Many of the conversations in Sectra’s booth relates to how increased co-operation across hospital and clinical borders can help meet those demands on increased productivity and at the same time, provide improved patient care.
The South East …
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Claes Lundström, Director of Radiology IT solutions at Sectra, invites radiology managers at RSNA to discuss how they can accomplish productivity gains.
“I’ve had several interesting discussions today which indicate that managers have reached an understanding that simply installing any RIS/PACS will not be enough to reach significant efficiency gains. Co-operating across borders, handling the data …
Wide area radiology Dr. Claes Lundström, RSNA 09
Visualization tools are becoming increasingly important in the radiology department. However, when words like 3D and MPR are mentioned most people’s thoughts go directly to advanced visualization applications. These applications are extremely capable in the specialized clinical areas they target, but they are not necessarily right for the everyday visualization needs most people face. A …
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It will be more critical than ever during these challenging times to take radiology workflow productivity and efficiency to its highest levels. The benefits of automated, integrated workflow are well documented and well understood – to keep the existing referring physician and patient base satisfied with great service and high quality scanning and reports; to …
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September 4th, 2009
Interview with Dr Torbjörn Kronander, President of Sectra Medical
RIS/PACS vendors must become experts on their customer’s customer, the referring physician. Radiologists need efficient tools to give high-quality service to the clinicians that in turn benefit the patients. Consequently, vendors must work the full length of the healthcare chain, always with the patient in focus. This is one of the conclusions of Dr. Torbjörn Kronander, President of Sectra Medical, when reflecting over the future of radiology.
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August 27th, 2009
Interview with Dr Tony Newman-Sanders
Sectra met with Dr. Tony Newman-Sanders, National Clinical Advisor to UK NHS CFH PACS Programm, to discuss how radiology IT can fundamentally change the way healthcare is delivered. Dr. Newman-Sanders believes that PACS has the possibility to create a boundary-less radiology; moving healthcare professionals from a report-centered mindset to a democratized, image-focused workflow.
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