MEDICAL IMAGING

Today ’ s technological breakthroughs are changing how we live . We see it every day and know what ’ s coming – driverless cars , reusable rockets , 3D printing . Advances are changing medicine as well . For example , recent breakthroughs in medical imaging can isolate tiny anomalies long before they become life threatening .

Although imaging technology has advanced , a physician ’ s ability to access and collaborate on the images has not , and the situation is exacerbated as imaging files grow in size and complexity . The problem is that today ’ s enterprise image management technology is already a decade or two old – introduced long before the cloud – and is not designed for speed , mobility or the latest imaging files . This undermines our clinicians ’ abilities to fully leverage the advances in imaging . Cloud technology can harness the breakthroughs in medical imaging and it delivers what physicians need most : speed , access and collaboration . It can engage patients and get them more involved in their care . And it provides a secure and cost-effective way to relieve the strain on enterprise systems .

As I see it , back-end cloud technologies can now keep up with the front-end excitement . And unlike enterprise technologies , where decisions to buy are capital intensive and all-or-nothing bets , a health system can choose to deploy the cloud for image management when and where they need it most . In essence , one can simply “ tiptoe into the cloud ” to enable advances in medical imaging .

Chris Hafey is Chief Technology Officer at NucleusHealth TM – a leading technology firm developing and deploying powerful , proprietary solutions to manage medical images in the cloud for fast and secure access using any web enabled device and modern browser . To learn more about NucleusHealth or our nucleus . io™ technology , visit us at www . nucleushealth . io or www . nucleus . io . You can reach Chris at info @ nucleushealth . io .