All posts by dkorolyk
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3D PACS Holograms for Healthcare
Holographic Optical Technologies of Augusta, Georgia, innovator in the field of holographic medical imaging, is entering the world of consumer electronics with the announcement of its Kickstarter campaign. Launching on April 20th, 2015, the campaign will introduce...
- Posted March 30, 2015
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Healthcare IT Software – Mirth Connect
Mirth Connect is a open source healthcare integration engine that is FREE to download from their web site. Mirth Connect has been around for years and is a widely used integration engine. Mirth Connect is the Swiss...
- Posted March 29, 2015
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DBT and PACS – The impact on informatics infrastructure
How Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Kills Your PACS/VNA Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is one of the most exciting new technologies in breast imaging. DBT poses a challenge to existing departmental, enterprise, and cross-enterprise image storage, distribution and viewing infrastructures....
- Posted March 28, 2015
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Video – Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) Explained
This video is from Mach 7 technologies and explains all of the features and some issues with Vendor Neutral Archives. They do a great job going through the pieces of a VNA and how it relates to...
- Posted March 28, 2015
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NHS Moves Toward Open Source Vendor Neutral Archive
In order to avoid getting locked in to any proprietary solutions, NHS is making a move toward an open source VNA or Vendor Neutral Archive solution. The solution will encompass everything from digital X-rays, patient notes and...
- Posted March 28, 2015
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What is an EHR? Electronic Health Record
What is an EHR? Electronic Health Record The terms EHR and EMR often get used interchangeably and I believe for all intents and purposes they can be used in a the same context. However I believe the...
- Posted March 26, 2015
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What is an EMR? – Electronic Health Record
What is an EMR? (Electronic Medical Record) An electronic health record (EHR), or electronic medical record (EMR), uses specialized healthcare software in order to collect information on individual patients. Each patient has their own digital record that...
- Posted March 26, 2015
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Sorry for the inconvenience – Our site was Hacked!
Healthcare IT Systems is in the painful process of rebuilding our site. It will take a few days to get back all of our data. The backups I had were over written with compromised files. By the...
- Posted March 26, 2015
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8 Hot EHR Jobs In Demand
Information Week recently put out a list of 8 Hot EHR Healthcare Jobs that are in demand. Since EPIC systems is the largest EHR used in the world, it’s no surprise that those with EPIC skills are...
- Posted April 27, 2014
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Hacking Medical Devices is easier than you think
If you only knew the extent to which hospital systems can be hacked you would be shocked. The lack of healthcare security measures across several domains is surprisingly absent. Scott Erven, who works as head of information security...
- Posted April 25, 2014