Mature VNAs create a central source of imaging data for care teams
Comprehensive electronic health record strategies call for a robust and integrated enterprise imaging strategy, where providers have real ownership over their imaging data. The cornerstone of that strategy is a modern and mature VNA, according to Merge, a Merative company.
“A basic VNA stores images; it is a passive archive,” states Merge chief medical officer Dr Raj Chopra. “A mature VNA orchestrates data from across the enterprise, eliminating silos and creating a central source of truth for care teams. It provides advanced analytics, handles DICOM and non-DICOM data, and empowers you to own, enhance and analyse imaging data throughout its life cycle.”
Dr Chopra says choosing the right VNA means finding a partner that provides interoperability, security and scalability tailored to an organisation’s growth. “With decades of imaging innovation experience, including VNAs, Merge provides just that,” he says.
Merge Imaging Suite VNA v26.0 is vendor neutral and cloud native, actively orchestrating all imaging data across an enterprise, regardless of department, silo or type. Like its on-premise version, Merge VNA, this mature VNA unifies and segments examination access across a technology ecosystem, acting as the platform for other imaging applications used.
Picture: the Merge Imaging Suite VNA v26.0 is vendor neutral and cloud native.
Published on page 18 of the April 2026 issue of RAD Magazine.
