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Phil Jackson is the founder and senior technology innovation strategist of Purview. Phil is the author of Purview ViVA, a cloud-based platform that enables anywhere, anytime access to medical imaging data. Prior to founding Purview, Jackson worked as the Chief Technology Officer for Chesapeake Medical Imaging in Annapolis, Maryland. At Chesapeake Medical Imaging, Phil developed an entire suite of radiology workflow solutions on the Apple platform. Phil has presented on numerous radiology workflow topics at the Radiology Society of North America's annual conference and is a recognized expert in open source medical imaging technologies. Phil has a Bachelors of Science in Security and Criminal Justice from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts and lives on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with his wife, Emily, and their four children.
Encryption is just one aspect of the bigger picture regarding data security. It is particularly important for health care facilities and medical practices. Many national and local regulations require health care providers to encrypt private health information (PHI). Although, even if you aren’t legally required to encrypt your data, it’s still the best practice to do so.
If you utilize radiology reporting in your practice, you know how time-consuming and frustrating the process of generating reports can be. This is especially true if you rely on manually creating your reports, rather than dictating them, with the support of voice recognition software.
Imaging centers that produce a high volume of studies every day, or that use multiple modalities, often struggle with their workflow in the face of strong patient demand. If you use DICOM imaging studies, there is a solution: Modality Worklist (MWL).
So, what exactly is MWL, and how can it provide you with a seamless electronic health record (EHR) integration?
If your practice is currently relying on Horos to store medical images, you may want to consider looking toward a cloud-based picture archiving and communication system (PACS) to provide expanded storage capacity, as well as more robust sharing functionalities.
If your practice already has an onsite storage system for your medical images, you might be considering deploying a cloud picture archiving and communication system (PACS) or hybrid (a mix of cloud and onsite storage) to increase the accessibility of your studies.
