HIIG: A standards-based framework for medical image and patient data archiving and interoperability

Today’s best practices in medicine rely heavily on the use of diagnostic images and reports, throughout the hospital and in nearly every part of the healthcare enterprise. For this reason it is indispensable that the provision for reliable, on-demand distribution of images and reports to physicians at all locations within the enterprise be made a central imperative in all image management systems. With robust enterprise-wide image distribution, radiologists can work remotely, healthcare practitioners can share radiology services, and healthcare enterprises can streamline and effectively manage the growing utilization of radiology services by the referring physician population. In the fast-paced healthcare environments of today, where maintaining high productivity is critical, these  functionalities are not merely “nice to have”; they are essential.

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