VNA

Submitted by Dr Raj Chopra, Chief Medical Officer, Merge  As a 20-year radiologist in the United States, I admire the NHS’ mission of preserving publicly-funded healthcare, better meeting patients on a community level, and providing the national leadership this initiative requires. But if there’s one element of American healthcare that I think would benefit UK […]

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 […]

Hospitals, NHS trusts, integrated care boards, health boards, imaging networks and imaging centres can face challenges with fragmented imaging data and incompatible systems across different locations. This can result in delayed diagnoses and inefficient workflows, creating barriers to collaboration and care delivery across care teams and with patients, according to distributor of medical supplies Hospital […]

With over 30 years of innovation and more than 2,000 installations around the world, Sectra is a leading imaging IT provider to health systems worldwide. At this year’s RSNA, Sectra is showcasing its complete enterprise imaging offering, with Sectra VNA and award-winning ‘best-in-KLAS’ PACS for radiology, pathology, cardiology and ophthalmology at its core. Delegates can visit the Sectra […]

In its mission to enable improved workflow for better patient care in radiology and oncology, Rosenfield says it provides solutions to enable better care delivery with clinical support solutions; to enrich caregivers’ expertise through knowledge sharing; to improve reporting quality for better clinical outcomes; and to engage the patient in the care process. Rosenfield iCode […]

The Kent and Medway Medical Imaging Consortium has procured a medical imaging system from Sectra to support faster diagnosis and earlier treatment, and to increase capacity to meet growing demand. Radiologists and other clinicians at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust and Medway NHS Foundation Trust will be […]

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Trust (QEH) is an acute hospital serving a population of nearly 300,000 across the communities of West Norfolk, South Lincolnshire and East Cambridgeshire. It operates from three hospital sites and several community centres, and works in partnership with reputable education centres such as Norwich Medical School, the School […]

The migration of data to North Bristol NHS Trust’s new VNA was Insignia’s largest and fastest migration to date, moving 300TB of medical imaging across to the new VNA. Data was processed at a rate of 11-12 million images a day and was completed in just five months. With COVID-19 impacting healthcare services, Insignia and […]