Vendor neutral archive (VNA)

VNA is a medical imaging technology used by healthcare professionals and store images in a standard format in order to be accessible via different systems.

Vendor neutral archive (VNA) Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) is a medical imaging technology in which images and documents (and potentially any file of clinical relevance) are stored (archived) in a standard format with a standard interface, such that they can Continue reading Vendor neutral archive (VNA)

Radiology Information System (RIS)

A radiology information system (RIS) is a networked software system for managing medical imagery and associated data.

Radiology Information System (RIS) A radiology information system is a computerized database used by radiology departments to store, manipulate, and distribute patient radiological data and imagery. The system generally consists of patient tracking and scheduling, result reporting and image tracking capabilities. RIS Continue reading Radiology Information System (RIS)

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

HIMSS is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to promote the best use of information technology and management systems in the health care industry

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving healthcare quality, safety, cost-effectiveness, and access, through the best use of information technology and management systems. Originally founded in Continue reading Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

Health Information Technology (HIT)

Health IT is the area of IT involving the design, development, creation, use and maintenance of information systems for the healthcare industry

Health Information Technology Health information technology (HIT) is “the application of information processing involving both computer hardware and software that deals with the storage, retrieval, sharing, and use of health care information, data, and knowledge for communication and decision making”. Technology Continue reading Health Information Technology (HIT)