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Last December I wrote an entry on this web log titled Enterprise PACS where I mentioned all the different ‘ologys’ using PACS to enhance service delivery. Well now you can officially add Pathology to the PACS Enterprise. New companys like Omnyx -...

Last weekend my daughter Kassandra heard me say, “Medical Grade Display” in a discussion with a friend. Later that day she asked me, “Exactly what is a Medical Grade Display?” She didn’t know it but she just set herself up for 30 minutes of what I call PACS Raving. In...

Someone recently shared with me a discussion on the merits of certification as an indicator of expertise in healthcare IT. At the end of this month I’ll be finishing up a stint as a volunteer on the committee that administers the CPHIMS certification, so it’s a topic...

This is a question that has been asked since the first PACS were installed in the early 1990’s. There are basically two schools of thought on this question; 1. Select an R.T. to manage the system and services and get him or her necessary IT training. Or 2. Select an...

Last week I attended the initial Board of Directors meeting for the newest RHIO in the country, the Appalachian Health Information Exchange. Brian Phillips, CIO for the Ohio University School of Osteopathic Medicine and Elissa Welch of the Appalachian Regional...

OK, so that headline is a teaser. You certainly didn’t think I was going to suggest that there was such a thing, did you? I may be especially cynical right now, after spending the last several days trying to make sensible economic comparisons between two PACS vendors...

Although I should be spending my time working on big picture, “strategic” things, every now and then some little something catches my interest and I find myself veering off into a skunkworks project. That probably would fall under the category of “poor time...

Welcome to the Mark Harvey Ambulatory Healthcare IT, Leadership, and Medical Management Blog. OK, so I know that I need to come up with a catchier name, but that can come later. Let me give you a little bit of background about me, the environment I work in, and some...

Every PACS application has a set of image viewing and manipulation tools. Basic features include Window and Leveling (adjusting the density, brightness and contrast), Magnify, Zoom, Flip and Rotate. Diagnostic Workstation software usually includes more analytical...

Computed Radiography (CR) was first introduced in 1982 but was not widely used until the early 1990’s. CR uses the exact same x-ray sources as conventional radiography; the difference is the use of a photostimulable storage phosphor plate to create the image instead...

Today is the most anticipated sports day of the year. The National Football League is featuring the 42 Annual Super Bowl game between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants. Both teams have outstanding records this season but only one team can earn the title...

Now that PACS has redefined Radiology workflow providing many improvements in medical imaging services, What’s Next? A PR representative for Merge Healthcare recently asked me this question while introducing me to Merge’s new Merge TeleRead™ & Consult PreReads™...