"We decided to separate our image management from the PACS altogether and opted for a VNA solution because we wanted to de-risk our impending PACS replacement. BridgeHead’s VNA provided us with total PACS neutrality as, due to its vendor agnosticism, it is able to work with all PACS providers. This means we will have the flexibility to make an objective decision about what PACS solution is right for us as an organisation. We also had storage problems. A strategy of keeping everything on fast local hardware all of the time is not sustainable. We needed to be far more strategic and BridgeHead’s solution allowed us to take a more objective view of our data. Now, less critical data, i.e. images and reports from patients discharged more than six months ago for example, can be moved to less expensive storage, or even out to the cloud with integrity and availability still intact.”
"We have proved how simple it is to use the EPR to call radiology images from the ICA, so we look forward to replicating this with data from other departments; cardiology is next on the agenda. Moving forward, we will be able to store, protect and share our electronic data in one place, making it a speedier process for the clinician to retrieve data and, thereby, providing more efficient treatment and a better patient experience."