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Why Your Healthcare Organization Should #DitchtheDisk
It’s astonishing to think that the visual patient health record is still managed on this dinosaur of technology.
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AI In Health Care Is Not About Replacing Humans
AI and machine learning are set to expand, and health care is poised to witness an unprecedented explosion of AI use cases.
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The 21st Century Cures Act & The Future of Enterprise Imaging
A recent interview with Catherine Slotnick, Ambra Health Senior Marketing Manager, and Cheryl Petersilge, M.D., M.B.A., Founder and CEO of Vidagos Advisors which focuses on the future of enterprise imaging.
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The Information Highway To Connected Health Care
Digital data silos keep providers in the dark, hindering their ability to dispense care.
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Five Ways Millennials Do Health Care Their Own Way
Millennials are more inclined than baby boomers to research health care online. These relatively well-educated 20- and 30-somethings compare treatment options and check quality ratings of doctors and hospitals.
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Opportunity and Concern — A New World of Patient Data
The opportunities for positive outcomes are endless, but facilities must make transparency and patient control core institutional values as they move forward.
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Radiology Mergers Create New Obstacles for Practices
Once the imaging stack has been reevaluated and restructured, the question remains, how do these mergers affect patients?
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The US healthcare system has its own Tower of Babel problem. If you don’t recall this biblical tale, it’s a
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Cancer Treatment Costs Imperil Patients
Cancer patients face many tough choices about their care, yet one of the most gut-wrenching may be whether to undergo high-priced treatment that could save their life but impoverish their family.
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Improving Access to Life Saving Transplants
Today is World Kidney Day. Did you know that chronic kidney disease affects 1 in 10 people worldwide? A few
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Radiology Rolls With The Cloud
This article originally appeared on Forbes on March 1, 2019. Let’s face it: People don’t always obtain the health care
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#HIMSS19 : Interoperability Across Healthcare Still Needs Improvement
It seems like AI was the talk of the town at every healthcare conference we attended in 2018. However, at
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HIMSS19 is just a few days away, and our team couldn’t be more excited to get some sunshine and check
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Adding Phone Numbers to Radiology Reports: Patient Centered Care
Radiologists are elusive to patients. Although they play a critical component in the healthcare trajectory of any individual, many patients will never come into direct contact with one. However, we know that patients do in fact want to interact with radiologists. Many studies have highlighted an interest among patients to hear results not only from their referring physician but also the radiologist, particularly in cases of complex diagnosis.
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A Shift in Archiving: Cloud VNA For Disaster Recovery and More
This article was written by Morris Panner, CEO, Ambra Health and originally appeared on FierceHealthcare.com on January 28, 2019. It
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Reducing Imaging Volumes While Retaining Value
A recent article on the JAMA website is causing waves as it at calls for less medical imaging in the
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How Mobile Medical Services Are Improving Health Care
This article by Ambra Health CEO, Morris Panner, originally appeared on Forbes on January 16, 2019. The mobile revolution has
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Bringing The Data To Where The Patient Is
This article was originally published on Forbes on December 28, 2018. Ambra Health CEO, Morris Panner, is a contributor to the Forbes
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2019 Healthcare Predictions: 10 Trends to Watch in the New Year
The Ambra Health team shares our top healthcare trends and imaging predictions for 2019.
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Real-World Health Data Push Brings Challenges And Opportunities
This article was originally published on Forbes on December 12, 2018. Ambra Health CEO, Morris Panner, is a contributor to the Forbes
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4 Things We Shared at RSNA 2018
If you attended the RSNA Annual Meeting last week, there’s a good chance that your feet are still sore from
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Health Data Meets Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning
This article was originally published on Forbes on Nov 21, 2018. Ambra Health CEO, Morris Panner, is a contributor to
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Bringing Radiology Access to Lao Friends Hospital for Children
This is a guest blog post by Ambra Health’s Erin McGee, Manager, Professional Sevices. Erin spent two weeks in Laos
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RSNA Trends: What to Expect at the Show
Missed our webinar? Read the recap here as panelists from Johns Hopkins, South Baptist Health Florida, and Ambra Health share their insights.
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This article originally appeared in Radiology Today Vol. 19 No. 10 P. 16 and is written by By Beth W. Orenstein. At a
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Artificial Intelligence Makes Waves in Breast Cancer Research & Awareness
We’re excited to share an interview with Dr. Mark Traill, who is the owner of MammoBot LLC. Mammobot is a
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Medical Imaging : Competing in an Era of Price Transparency
Ambra Health was joined by Erin Lane of the Advisory Board to discuss consumerism and imaging pricing strategy during a
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October is Breast Health Awareness Month. This means not only identifying risk factors and diagnosis statistics but also recognizing the tools that improve the patient experience, diagnosis, and care.
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Patient Portals: Bridging the Gap Between Physicians and Patients
Forward-thinking physicians and healthcare administrators see patient portals as an ideal route to engage patients and create a ‘patient-centered’ experience.
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Redesigning Hospitals to Promote Better Health
Loud and cluttered hospital rooms slow down patient recovery.
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Revisiting the 21st Century Cures Act
This is the third blog post in our National Health IT Week series. As the two year anniversary of the
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When Healthcare Data Meets Natural Disasters
This is the second blog post in our #NHITweek series. You can check out the first one here. As hurricane season
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It’s National Health It Week! This week, Ambra team members will be sharing some of the unique insights they’ve gained
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Practical Considerations in AI Application
As artificial intelligence and machine learning gain more traction in radiology, how can facilities be sure to appropriately evaluate new tools?
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Medical imaging is a very necessary but very expensive piece of the healthcare puzzle. So, what happens when a patient
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What is imaging’s role in stroke care? Strokes are a leading cause of disability in the United States and can cause
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Cloud-based PACS System Cuts Imaging Costs by Half for Rural Hospital
This article by Bill Siwicki was originally published on Healthcare IT News on August 14, 2018. Republic County Hospital in
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Telehealth : Overcoming the Obstacle of Geography
Telehealth is an emerging method of medical care that takes advantage of technological developments in communication among providers and between
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Back to Cloud Basics: Image-Enabling the EHR
EHR systems are often missing a critical component of patient care - medical images. In this blog post we examine image-enabling the EHR.
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Does Your Practice Have a Patient Friendly Website?
During Ambra Health’s most recent webinar, Providers Go All in, Ambra Marketing Designer Becky Kinkead shared her best practices for
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Medical Images: The Only Photos Not in the Cloud?
This article by Morris Panner, CEO, Ambra Health was originally posted on ai-med.io on July 20, 2018. We share a
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Back to Cloud Basics: Vendor Neutral Archiving
Ready for part 4 in our Back to Basics blog series? Last week, we defined Cloud PACS, and today we’re discussing – Cloud-based vendor neutral archiving.
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Trending Now in Cancer Care Survey : 3 Takeaways
The latest Trending Now in Cancer Care Survey conducted by the Advisory Board provides a needed lens into the perspective of how cancer
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Patient-Centered Care in Radiology
Today’s patients are truly consumers and have more access to information than ever before. However, patient-centered care has not been
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Back to Cloud Basics: Cloud-based PACS
Ready for part 3 in our cloud image management 101 series? Last week, we defined medical image viewers, discussed the
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Pediatric Medical Image Management
U.S. News & World Report recently released its “Best Children’s Hospital” rankings, which names the 10 best children’s hospitals in the country and the
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Back to Cloud Basics: Medical Image Viewers
Time for part 2 in our cloud image management 101 series. Last week, we defined medical image exchange, discussed the
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Back to Cloud Basics: Medical Image Exchange
Have you ever been in a situation where you never asked what something was and now it is far too
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The Role Humans Will Play in the AI Transformation of Healthcare
There is much talk about how AI will radically transform healthcare, using big data – our data – to find
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SIIM 2018 Recap: Collaboration in Medical Imaging
Ambra Health has been attending the annual SIIM conference for quite a few years now, and we always look forward
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Future Trends : Who Will Be Your Doctor?
Who will be your doctor in the future? When we think of “doctor,” we usually picture someone wearing a white
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I am guilty of a few things – being a millennial, working for a cloud-based Health IT company, and watching
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Panel on Outside Image Management with Cincinnati Children’s and MD Anderson
We couldn’t say it any more clearly than Dr. Alexander J. Towbin, “CDs suck!” Leading healthcare facilities are expanding at a
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What do medical images, Google, Amazon, EHRs, and patient portals have in common? They were all a key part of
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As we prepare for HIMSS 2018, we are excited about the great food, casinos, and fun times to see the latest
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Thought Leaders from the Mayo Clinic & UCSF Share Imaging Trends to Expect in 2018
With changing patient preferences, expanding provider networks, and tech titans like Google and Apple moving into the healthcare realm, 2018
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Technology Report: Enterprise Imaging
ITN Contributing Editor Greg Freiherr offers an overview of enterprise imaging advances at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
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SIIA Company CODiE Winner | Start-Up Company of The Year – Ambra Health
This post was originally published on SIIA by Rhianna Collier, VP for the Software Division at SIIA. SIIA’s TechChats provides a
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Why Imaging Isn’t Just for Radiology
If medical imaging was a category on family feud, radiology and radiologist would be among the first answers given by
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What Are Most HIEs Missing? Medical Imaging
It is estimated that out of roughly 300 HIEs that exist today, less than 2 percent support medical images. The
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Telemedicine: Solving the Issue of Healthcare Access?
One of the gravest problems in U.S. health care is equitable access. That’s why we listed an increased adoption of
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Start the New Year off Right! Resolutions for a Small Practice
CDs were first invented in 1982, the same year Michael Jackson released ‘Thriller’ and 2 years before the first cell
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2018 Healthcare Predictions: 10 Trends to Watch in Imaging
2018 will bring an advanced pace to the digital transformation of the healthcare industry. Changing consumer preferences, provider consolidation, and
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Much like the holidays, RSNA is an event we anticipate with great excitement and then is over in a whirlwind.
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At Ambra We’re Grateful for.. RSNA!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We here at Ambra hope everyone has a great holiday and send our best wishes. As we
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3 Cloud Benefits for Enterprise Systems
The enterprise health system, a conglomeration of top providers, business administrators, and a force of other employees all focused on
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Saving Time, Saving Money – A Real Use Case with Jupiter Orthopedics & Ambra
The problems that Dr. Wade Van Sice and his team were running into at Jupiter Orthopedics & Sports Medicine were
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Image Access for Breast Cancer Patients
We’ve featured stories on the importance of patient access to medical imaging before, but in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness
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Optimizing Imaging Informatics & Radiology Operations
Informatics is a fast growing discipline within healthcare as new technology and increased amounts of patient data converge. But how
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Should Patients Have Access to Medical Imaging?
From generation to generation, we’re seeing healthcare consumers increasingly yearning to be more informed about their health outcomes. While some
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The 3 Pieces of Disaster Recovery Planning
Disaster recovery often remains forgotten on the never-ending to-do list of healthcare. When we say “disaster,” natural disaster comes to
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As a mother of two, home health caretaker for the elderly, and Sunday school teacher for kids with special needs,
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Medical Management and the Millennial Manifesto
*Click* … *Click* *Click* *Click* – I, a self-admitted millennial, pitter-patter away on the illuminated screen of my cell phone. In
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My First 60 Days in the Healthcare Industry
“I work for a healthcare IT company.” That’s my classic response to the “what are you doing these days?” question
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Rent Apartment, Buy Couch, Find Doctor?
Noteworthy new restaurants, must-see music venues, emerging art museums: this was the to-do list I initially had planned when thinking
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A Netflix Style Personal Health Record
You’re a parent. You have a 10 year old son. Want to keep track of what he’s watching? Easy. You
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Despite Progress, Nearly 1 In 3 Patients Cannot Easily Access Medical Records
We recently conducted a survey of over 1,100 U.S. adults on consumer healthcare behavior that showed the industry lagging on technology – with nearly 1 in 3 patients reporting they can not easily access their medical records.
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A Practical Blueprint to Build a Future-Proof Image Management Strategy
Across leading facilities, we frequently hear the same common struggles around image management. CDs still act as the primary method
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What the Cloud Means for Medical Groups & Practices
The “cloud” is a term that’s been around for quite awhile now, and applications like deconstructed PACS, cloud PACS, and
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It seems like AI is everywhere this Summer. But what does it mean in the world of healthcare? How is
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C-Suite Q & A with Ambra Health’s Morris Panner
This two part interview series with Ambra Health’s CEO Morris Panner & Ryan Black originally appeared on Healthcare Analytics News
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Ambra Health CEO Morris Panner Appears on Cheddar
Live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Ambra Health CEO, Morris Panner, appeared on Cheddar to discuss
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Innovate from Within: Unlock Medical Imaging as a Data Asset
Leading healthcare providers across the globe place a constant focus on innovation around all aspects of the care continuum. Medical
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Just like the rapid evolution of the EHR, patient portals have become the norm for providers and patients alike. Along
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Unlocking Imaging’s Strategic Advantage
In a live special webinar event, Ambra Health CMO, Mini Peiris, was joined by Miriam Sznycer-Taub of the Advisory Board who shared how the key to enterprise "systemness" can and should start within imaging departments.
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RADxx TweetChat brings in 70 leaders for discussion about mentorship for women in radiology
Welcome to the 2nd #RADxx tweet chat recap! We thought it was impossible to keep up with the last tweet
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What Boomers, Cloud Technology & Consumerism Mean for Healthcare
Our iPhones can do a lot, but they still can’t diagnose patients (although Google and WebMD may have some convinced
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Should You Have a Mentor, a Sponsor, or Both?
This is a guest blog post by imaging and informatics thought leader, Dr. Geraldine McGinty. Dr. McGinty was Chair of the ACR’s
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3 Ways to Innovate Your Imaging Technology
Ambra Health was joined on a live webinar event by Blackford Analysis, DiACardio, and Realize for a panel discussion and offered demos of their forward thinking imaging technologies, each of which provides a way to innovate part of your imaging technology workflow.
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Can Cloud-Based Archiving Cure Your Security Headaches?
This article originally appeared on March 22, 2017 on auntminnie.com Longstanding U.S. healthcare regulations have enforced the security of data
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This interview with Ambra Health CPO, Ed Marshall was originally published on Orthopedic Design and Technology. By Sean Fenske, Editor
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From the HIMSS17 Show Floor-
Ambra Health & CommonWell Health Alliance®
Live from the HIMSS17 show floor in Orlando, Florida, CommonWell TV interviewed Morris Panner, CEO of Ambra Health. CommonWell Health Alliance®, understands
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Radiology Trends to Watch in 2017
During a special webinar event, in partnership with HIMSS, Dr. Safwan Halabi, a pediatric radiologist and a fetal radiologist, was joined by Tyler Martin, the Executive Director of Ambulatory Network Operations at New England Baptist Hospital, and Morris Panner, CEO, Ambra Health. During the event, we took the pulse of the trends in radiology.
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Leaders Weigh in On How to Advance Women in Radiology in Lively #RADxx Tweet Chat
Welcome to the #RADxx tweet chat recap. Whew, say that 5x times fast. During our live tweet chat, we could
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Interoperability and Patient Access Just Became Law
This article by Ambra CEO, Morris Panner, was originally published on HIT Leaders & News on January 5, 2017. When
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2017 Healthcare Predictions: Top 9 in Imaging
Although 2016 was a rather unpredictable year on some fronts, it’s safe to say that when it comes to healthcare,
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Mrs. Claus Needs a Second Opinion
Powdering her nose ever so carefully, Mrs. Claus knew that she couldn’t hide it forever – her nose was turning
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What Patient Centered Radiology Looks Like
How should a patient receive their radiology exam results? From their referring physician, radiologist, patient portal, or all of the
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Walking the show floor at RSNA is a mind-boggling experience. You’ll find MRI machines, live ultrasounds, software vendors, the latest
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Calling all RAD Women (and Men!) : Let’s Bring More Diversity to Informatics Leadership
It’s our favorite time of the year, Thanksgiving the RSNA (Radiological Society of North America) conference season! Each year we look
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Latest Research from Frost & Sullivan: Impact of the Cloud on Enterprise Imaging
MACRA, MIPS, population health, consumerism – how is one supposed to key up with all the healthcare lingo? And more
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Government Initiatives & Health IT Join Forces in Cancer Care
Health IT is making waves as it breaks down data barriers both within and across facilities that have previously impeded the
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Health IT & The Presidential Election
Last week, we celebrated National Health IT week, a time for discussion and collaboration across verticals regarding innovation and application
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Think RADical Recap: Driving Innovation in Medical Imaging
How to turn medical imaging data into an invaluable asset was the topic of discussion at Think RADical, a National Health
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Bringing low cost ultrasounds to every corner of the world
New medical imaging technology holds the promise of benefiting more people than ever before. Exciting innovations in the field are
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Deliver Better Patient Care in the Cloud
Ambra Health is a proud partner of National Health IT Week, #NHIT. This week, we’ll be sharing why the cloud
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Ambra Health Joins the Boston Tech Party
When searching for the Boston Tech Party, you might find that Google suggests that your search should be the Boston
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DICOM Grid is Now Ambra Health
DICOM Grid is excited to reveal a new name, brand identity and website – Ambra Health. Of course, the first
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Innovating Your Imaging Stack: An Imaging Center Case Study
“Cloud PACS” & “Deconstructed VNA” – are we even speaking English? Whether you’re already familiar with these terms or not, the
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Patient Access Without Barriers
Patients are frustrated. They feel trapped and unable to access their own medical health information and imaging when needed. Even when data
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What Do Pikachu and DICOM Grid Have In Common?
In the past week, the streets of New York have been flooded with individuals aimlessly walking and sometimes even sprinting
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Balancing Healthcare’s Iron Triangle with Telemedicine
Telemedicine remains a controversial topic for both insurance companies and doctors. Money and quality of care are central issues
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#SIIM16 – A Focus on Interoperability & Patient-Centered Care
Besides debating which Portland-local favorite Blue Star doughnut flavor to eat next, breaking down locked away imaging systems, enhancing collaboration and bringing radiology
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At this tech event, big companies get a taste of life as a start-up
The roomful of entrepreneurs watched in anticipation as the first participant took the stage. They’d all been in that position
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Cloud slowly moves towards mainstream medical applications
As cloud has become very much a mainstream way of delivering IT for enterprises, there are still a couple of
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Re-Establishing Imaging’s Value
Imaging is a key player in the changing world of healthcare. The current emphasis on linking reimbursements to quality
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Add the Cloud to Your Enterprise Image Management Strategy
As SIIM 2016 approaches in just a few weeks, all eyes are on the Journal of Digital Imaging, the
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The Private Practice of Tomorrow : Thought Leaders Share Their Insights
Private practice physicians have a lot going on. They care for patients, manage medical records, act as their own
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Are Group Doctor Visits the New Dinner Date?
Getting bored of doing the same old things over and over again with your friends? How about visiting the
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With Mother’s Day approaching this weekend, we have women’s health on the brain. Giving the moms in your life
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“You can’t plug in pipes across a hospital network,” said Dr. Jeremy Friese, Interventional Radiologist, Mayo Clinic. Raise your hand
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Spending Too Much Time on Administration?
Do you spend hours wasted on administration? Are you trying to eliminate the use of CDs and seamlessly share imaging
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Shopping Around for Patient Imaging Services
Did you do some spring shopping this weekend? What did you buy – groceries, clothes, gifts for spring weddings
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Improving Access to Care in Rural Regions
Those of us that live in major cities often forget that access to some of the best hospitals in the
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Diagnosed with Silo Syndrome? A Cloud Based Treatment Guide
In a healthcare organization suffering from silo syndrome, each medical imaging system interacts primarily within that “silo” and can not
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#DrHIT: Embracing Healthcare Information Technology in the Information Age
Today, we find ourselves in the midst of the Information Age. If you’re paying for your morning coffee with
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Backwards as it may be, supercomputers in healthcare are starting with death. At Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in
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How Millennials Are Impacting Healthcare IT
Stay tuned for a series of blog posts this week and next filled with #HIMSS16 Hashtags. We’ll be covering several
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A Love Story: The Cloud & Medical Imaging
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we thought we’d share a few fun facts about the least cloudy relationship we
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Can you wear your heart on your sleeve? It may be possible to track key data points from your heart
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Shrinking Barriers to Patient Centered Care
As technology remains at the forefront of prominent healthcare trends, growing mHealth Solutions and global telemedicine markets have reified
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Redefining Medical Image Management to Reimagine Healthcare
This blog post was written by DICOM Grid CEO, Morris Panner, and originally published on HealthTech. Over the past
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Technology: Bringing Patient Care into Focus
This blog post was written by DICOM Grid CEO, Morris Panner, and originally published on Advanced Healthcare Network. A
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Why do second opinions matter?
A second opinion can be one of the most valuable tools in the medical field when it comes to
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5 Healthcare Trends to Watch For in 2016
In 2015, we heard time and time again that the healthcare landscape was changing rapidly as we moved from
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How Cloud Medical Image Management Saved Santa
Sit by the fire everyone…it’s time for the annual tale of how Santa sprained his ankle while climbing down
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3 Barriers that Prevent Widespread Adoption of Advanced mHealth Solutions
This blog post was written by DICOM Grid CEO, Morris Panner, and originally published on HITECH Answers. Mobile devices
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Patients Share MRI Experience via Twitter
In honor of National Radiologic Technology Week’s theme ‘Discovering the Inside,’ I decided to take my own discovery into the
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Top Tips for Launching Patient Portals
This post was originally posted on Advance Healthcare Network on November 2, 2015. Medical facilities in the U.S. are
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‘Interoperability’, Say That Five Times Fast!
In the face of systematic and technological changes throughout the healthcare industry, very few key elements driving the industry’s shift
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The buzz around Breast Cancer Awareness Month is everywhere. Hundreds of organizations, societies and support groups have done an
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2015 Consumer Adoption Trends in Digital Healthcare
Digital health has seen huge growth in 2015 for B2C markets.We have all seen the growth of telemedicine, but
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ACS Announces Update to Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
In dramatic fashion, the American Cancer Society released new guidelines for breast cancer screening after growing concern that the
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NATO Successfully Tests Multinational Telemedicine System
The 28-nation treaty organization, NATO is developing a telemedicine system to use during emergency situations. While working with Avera Health
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The medical world has historically witnessed its largest changes at the hands of innovative physicians, surgeons, nurses, and admin who
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Health IT Innovations Enhance Women’s Health
Early detection is key when preventing the spread of cancers, yet many shy away from the medical procedures that would
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Cloud Imaging Solutions Can Revolutionize Modern Healthcare
This featured post was written by Sean Fenske and originally published on MDT. The next generation of imaging technologies will
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Telemedicine – a term you’ve recently surely seen floating around in the healthcare field! One reason for the buzz is
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Spotlight 2015: Health IT’s Most Influential Women
Each year individuals emerge at the forefront of Health IT as pioneers and inventors of technological solutions for today’s global
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Changing Minds to Change Outcomes
This post was originally published on HIEAnswers.net. The author is Morris Panner, CEO of DICOM Grid. The Internet of Things (IoT)
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Geriatric Care and Communication
Communication breakdowns in the health care system put patients at high risk, especially those no longer able to care for
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Telemedicine encompasses a broad range of technologies – from in-home electronic stethoscopes to live video consultations. Many have adopted telemedicine
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Since its inception, the Meaningful Use Program has sought to incentivize and guide the implementation of Electronic Health Record
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Why Time is Brain in the Cloud
Strokes are a leading cause of disability in the United States. When a stroke hits, there is no time to
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A Medical Breakthrough for Diabetics
According to the 2014 National Diabetes Report from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) 30.3 million people in the U.S alone
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5 Tips to Drive Adoption of Patient Portals in Radiology
This post was originally published on AuntMinnie.com. The author is Morris Panner, CEO of DICOM Grid. The establishment of patient
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Amidst the ever-changing landscape of the healthcare industry, technologies both new and old have been placed under heavy scrutiny to
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Back to School Cloud Shopping? Ah, the back to school supplies checklist. As an avid fan of organization, I always
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is Becoming More Prevalent in Healthcare
The Internet of Things (IoT) – an extension of Big Data – is estimated to become a $117 billion industry
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3 Problems with Existing Image Management Solutions in Hospitals
Here’s a sneek peek from our latest eBook on unified image management in the enterprise. Download here to view the
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It used to be that the first photos ever taken of an individual occurred after birth. However, on social media
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Telemedicine has been growing steadily as a way to provide care to patients who live in remote areas, can’t travel,
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Cloud Innovations In Sports Medicine
As an athlete your body is your most prized possession. You must do everything to keep it functioning to its
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Your Walgreens online shopping cart can be filled with Goldfish, paper towels, a new toothbrush, and a virtual doctor. Come
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When it comes to trauma transfer, time is of the essence. When a patient is in serious condition, they need
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Raise your hand if you’ve ever tried going online when the power was out. I know I’m guilty of this
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Home health technologies–which provide a means for patient care at home–is expected to increase from 14.3 million worldwide in 2014
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Have you ever walked into a hospital room and wondered, what is all this stuff? Hospital rooms are filled with
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Earlier this month, an article was published by the New Yorker that questioned the mounds of unnecessary medical care doctors
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Do you think it’s a pain to schedule a doctor’s appointment? Imagine if you lived in a rural area and
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These days, everybody wants a second opinion. I know whenever it comes time for me to make a purchase, I
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In honor of Mother’s Day, let’s talk women’s health. Along with skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common type
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In chaotic situations, it’s easy for CDs to go missing, or for patients to be transferred without discs. To make
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We’ve previously discussed the Internet of Things (IoT), and we’ve gone over the broad strokes of what these new technologies–and
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Saving money for a rainy day is not as easy as it sounds, and sometimes we make a very big
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This post is part of the #HIMSS15 Blog Carnival series, which is designed to get your wheels turning about the
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This post is part of the #HIMSS15 Blog Carnival series, which is designed to get your wheels turning about the
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Cloud-based image exchange services are the main driver behind image enabling HIEs. Only 2% of the roughly 300 HIEs that
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The “Cloud.” It’s cool, it’s trendy, and it can work really, really well. However, as with all major technology innovations,
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We’ve seen it across industries and across healthcare – private practices are growing to new locations and partnering with other
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