PACS Features, Wishlist

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Permalink Reply by Bhargav Raman on December 8, 2008 at 4:47pm

ooh ooh. I'd be interested in other's views on this:
My frontend one: Integrated thin-client volume rendering
My backend one: Multiple parallel send queues.

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Permalink Reply by Gloria on December 28, 2008 at 9:58pm

Great question...

I just got back from the RSNA and saw no perfect PACS system.

I want a PACS system for Christmas that has:
- easy to use interface... more intuitive... prettier on the eyes
- fast performance
- fewer buttons!
- customizable
- more plugins like MPR, fusion
- easier teaching file creation--i.e. link to a site and easily upload images anonymized to radrounds with single click or to my email/usb drive
- integration with EMR system and paging system/phone list for important findings alert

Hmm, I am sure I will think of more as soon as I go to work tomorrow. Hope this heps. What do you do btw Ryan?

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Permalink Reply by Rudy Nematzadeh on March 25, 2009 at 10:51pm

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Permalink Reply by Bhargav Raman on March 25, 2009 at 10:52pm

word

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Permalink Reply by Rudy Nematzadeh on March 25, 2009 at 11:19pm

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Permalink Reply by Bhargav Raman on March 26, 2009 at 12:11am

I'm using ClearCanvas and love it. Simply agreeing with you :D

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Furlough CPAS on March 25, 2009 at 11:17pm

I work for an organization that has been working this past year on creating a solution by taking the 'best of breed' for each component. Our goal is to provide a platform to a radiologist that is highly avaliable, fault tolerant, and provides efficiency while utilizing 'best practices' Our goal is to provides tools like mammography, MPR, fusion, critical results reporting, assisted transcription, voice recongition, etc to every user on the system.

Any small to medium size practice or hospital cannot afford to purchase speciality tools that are not used on a daily basis. But to provide the highest level of patient care, a radiologist has to have access to those tools whenever they need it.

We differentiat our model from established vendors by leveraging concurrent licenses for speciality tools across our entire platform. As long as we accuratly capture our customer needs and purchase enough license, the tool is always there when the radiologist needs it. By leveraging reporting and continous monitoring we would purchase more 'seats' to stay ahead of the demand.

If you would like to hear more let me now,
Ryan

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Permalink Reply by Rudy Nematzadeh on March 25, 2009 at 11:46pm

the problem with such system is the price. while the reimbursements are going down, costs are going up and if you can provide such a system for a low price that even a small clinic can afford it, then you've got a winner.

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Permalink Reply by Novarad Corporation on March 22, 2010 at 11:23am

Have you heard of Novarad? We specialize in PACS for community hospitals, so we have a very robust system for an affordable price.

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Permalink Reply by Bhargav Raman on March 26, 2009 at 12:13am

I saw something similar to this at RSNA, a company providing remote volume rendering services on a per-study basis. It's nice in that you can price each study accordingly, but it may cost more in the long run. Good for small business, but big ones might still buy the established enterprise software

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