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In the rapidly advancing field of medical imaging, teleradiology has emerged as a transformative solution, bridging geographical distances and revolutionizing the way radiological examinations are conducted and interpreted. From improved interoperability to enhanced security measures, teleradiology is experiencing a paradigm shift.

As healthcare organizations continue to adopt new technologies, systems, and processes, the integrity and availability of patient data are becoming increasingly critical. The normalization and re-identification of data can be part of the migration process. This process involves extracting data from the source system, transforming it into a format compatible with the destination system, and populating it into the target system. Read more about data migration for healthcare and how Dicom Systems can help.

Effective retention of medical records is important for both long-term patient care and legal compliance. The storage of medical imaging archives necessitates a scalable, durable, and compliant solution. This article examines the three main types of storage typically employed for medical records and data, namely, hot, cold, and warm storage. Discover more about the various types of storage and their advantages and disadvantages in this article.

Dental radiology plays a critical role in patient diagnosis and treatment planning. As technology continues to advance, the need to effectively manage and store dental images increases. Enterprise imaging solutions have emerged as an innovative approach to managing dental images, allowing dental professionals to access patient data and images securely from any location, and on any device. Read more about the benefits of enterprise imaging for dental radiology, including improved efficiency, enhanced data security, and optimized collaboration.

Breast Imaging is a major part of enterprise imaging. Mammography enables preventative screening and diagnostic breast imaging. Dicom Systems’ Unifier platform supports custom breast imaging workflows, for timely diagnosis and customized care

Disaster recovery (DR) includes best practices and strategies for preventing or minimizing data loss and business disruptions should catastrophic events occur—equipment malfunctions, power outages, cybersecurity breaches, war or military attacks, natural disasters, or other significantly disruptive events occur. A healthcare organization must have a backup plan for a wide range of disasters. The most important part of disaster preparedness is ensuring the patients are properly taken care of, including their diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up.

The use of digital imaging has substantially grown in recent decades, in traditional services, new specialties, and departments. The need to share these data among departments and caregivers necessitated central archiving systems that can communicate with various viewing applications and electronic medical records. The need to aggregate and share imaging data from various departments promoted the development of enterprise-imaging (EI) solutions that replace departmental silos of data with central healthcare databases. This promoted the development of modern vendor-neutral archive (VNA) systems.

Patient data de-identification allows healthcare organizations to share data for research purposes without the potential of violating HIPAA. By de-identifying data, researchers can safely share information, such as imaging data, with other organizations to advance medical research and treatment.

Enterprise imaging is crucial in modern medicine but still faces many workflow challenges. Learn about common enterprise imaging workflow challenges and how Dicom Systems can help.

Enterprise imaging is “a set of strategies, initiatives, and workflows implemented across a healthcare enterprise to consistently and optimally capture, index, manage, store, distribute, view, exchange, and analyze all clinical imaging and multimedia content to enhance the electronic health record.” Learn more about enterprise imaging and how Dicom Systems can help optimize workflows for healthcare organizations.

DICOM encryption and anonymization are vital for securing sensitive patient data in healthcare organizations. DICOM encryption can use advanced encryption algorithms, such as AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) or RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman), to encrypt the DICOM data before it is transmitted or stored. DICOM encryption protects sensitive patient information and images from unauthorized access, cyber-attacks, or data security breaches. DICOM anonymization focuses on removing sensitive patient information to maintain privacy, while DICOM encryption involves encoding the DICOM data to safeguard its confidentiality and integrity during transmission or storage. Both processes protect sensitive medical data in different ways. Read more to explore the benefits of DICOM encryption and discover how Dicom Systems can help fortify your data security measures.

DICOM data compression and image quality can greatly impact enterprise imaging productivity. Learn how Dicom Systems helped a client achieve faster turnaround times by optimizing image quality and applying the optimal blend of data compression methods.