BridgeHead Software RSS Feed - US Region http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/ News, Articles, Press Releases and Events en john.mccann@bridgeheadsoftware.com Copyright 2013 2013-05-17T18:16:44+00:00 Blog - The 80:20 Rule for Healthcare Data Management http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/blog_8020_for_healthcare_data_management http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/blog_8020_for_healthcare_data_management Since joining BridgeHead Software as the new Sales Engineer, Neil Brown has made some observations about how data management in the healthcare industry compares to that of other vertical markets. Read this blog to get some interesting insights and to hear some of his findings since embarking on his new role. Read more >>>

]]> 2013-05-17T18:16:44+00:00 Press Release - Wisconsin Hospital Selects BridgeHead Software’s Vendor Neutral Archive http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/press_releases/press_announcement_holy_family_selects_bridgehead_hdm_and_vna http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/press_releases/press_announcement_holy_family_selects_bridgehead_hdm_and_vna BridgeHead announces that Holy Family Memorial, a 2-hospital system in Wisconsin, has selected its Healthcare Data Management (HDM) solution for data backup, recovery and archive. This includes BridgeHead's VNA for AMICAS PACS images used by the hospitals. Read more >>>

]]> 2013-05-14T12:21:22+00:00 Blog - Spring Cleaning and Healthcare Data Management Part 2 http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/blog_post_spring_cleaning_and_healthcare_data_management_part_2 http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/blog_post_spring_cleaning_and_healthcare_data_management_part_2 BridgeHead’s Training Development Manager, Brendan O’Leary, offers his long awaited follow up to his 'Spring Cleaning' blog last month. This post compares the domestic practices we should employ to manage our documents at home and the uncanny analogy to how hospitals should manage their clinical and administrative data. Read more >>>

]]> 2013-05-10T14:17:47+00:00 Press Release - BridgeHead and NetApp Collaborate to Offer Hospitals Data and Storage Management Solutions http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/press_releases/netapp_collaboration_offering_hospitals_data_and_storage_management http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/press_releases/netapp_collaboration_offering_hospitals_data_and_storage_management A new press release, from BridgeHead & NetApp, describes how the new collaboration will leverage their specialties to provide a comprehensive data and storage management solution across the hospital Enterprise. Read more >>>

]]> 2013-05-10T11:00:39+00:00 Blog - ROI for an Enterprise Archive http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/roi_enterprise_archive http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/roi_enterprise_archive Medical archives, such as Vendor Neutral Archives (VNAs), have often been adopted individually, as siloed systems within individual departments. A siloed approach increases costs and inefficiencies, the most significant of which may be the impact on already over-burdened IT staff. In contrast, taking an enterprise approach to medical archives helps IT staff to function more efficiently to manage all types of hospital data.

]]> 2013-05-03T16:28:58+00:00 Blog - Some Surprising Facts About MEDITECH Recovery http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/dr_for_meditech_muse_2013 http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/dr_for_meditech_muse_2013 MEDITECH applications are critical to a wide range of hospital functions, ranging from patient care to payroll. Learn the most common root cause facts about recovery of MEDITECH applications which are useful to your disaster planning. These are drawn from actual experiences taken from BridgeHead’s rich heritage in working with thousands of MEDITECH hospital environments to protect and recover data, for more than 12 years.

]]> 2013-04-26T19:10:41+00:00 Blog - VNA: Neither Vendor-Neutral nor Archive http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/vna_neither_vendor_neutral_nor_archive http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/vna_neither_vendor_neutral_nor_archive VNA technologies offer many benefits for DICOM image files. However, hospitals have other types of data which are important to patient records and for which health IT must provide solutions to store, protect and share that data. Even for DICOM images, a VNA is neither Vendor-Neutral nor an archive. It is better understood as being a PACS-Neutral repository in which data can be better managed. What’s needed to meet hospital requirements for all data, is an Application-Neutral repository combined with a platform designed for healthcare data management.

]]> 2013-04-17T14:29:58+00:00 Blog - Why RAID 6 Stops Working in 2019 http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/healthcare_data_growth_tests_the_limits_of_raid_storage_protection http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/healthcare_data_growth_tests_the_limits_of_raid_storage_protection As data continues to grow at exponential rates, the pressure on disk drives to keep up is mounting. RAID 5, which protects data against failure of a single drive, is no longer sufficient: in a 12TB drive system the risk of losing data during a rebuild after failure has risen to 62%. Double-parity RAID 6 systems are now recommended as the standard to guard against data loss. But, the end of RAID 6 is coming, as more expensive, disk-consuming, triple-parity RAID 7 will be required (based on at current growth rates) by 2019. In this article, technologist John Macy advises health IT professionals to take a more balanced approach to data protection. By combining software backup and archive together with RAID protection, Macy explains that hospitals can extend the life of these technologies while lowering the risk to data.

]]> 2013-03-20T13:59:50+00:00 Blog - Spring Cleaning and Healthcare Data Management http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/blog_post_spring_cleaning_and_healthcare_data_management http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/blog_post_spring_cleaning_and_healthcare_data_management BridgeHead’s Training Development Manager, Brendan O’Leary mulls over how the spring cleaning of his old photography collection resembles the on-going requirements of healthcare data. By taking some simple steps now, it’s much easier to manage the issues of data degradation and loss; and to know what information you have, be able to search for it, and access it.

]]> 2013-03-15T17:10:54+00:00 Event - Come see us at MUSE 2013 in booth 700! http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/events/muse_13 http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/events/muse_13 Come see us at MUSE 2013 in booth 700 to learn more about how BridgeHead provides Healthcare Data Management tuned to MEDITECH systems in leading hospital environments. Learn why Integrated Serverless Backup (ISB) is critical to your approach for protecting MEDITECH data and ensuring its recoverability. Interested in upgrading to MEDITECH 6.x? Stop by our booth to learn how BridgeHead can help your transition.

]]> 2013-03-11T17:59:40+00:00 Blog - The Radiology Department - Data Loss, Data Availability, and the Cost Conundrum http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/blog_post_the_radiology_department_data_loss_data_availability_and_the_cost http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/blog_post_the_radiology_department_data_loss_data_availability_and_the_cost Over the next few weeks we will be looking at data from multiple perspectives, namely – data loss, data retrieval, business continuity and disaster recovery within the radiology department.

In this first post, BridgeHead’s Solution Consultant, Shaun Smale, explores the cost conundrum of UK radiology departments and their desire to have immediate access to image records, their views on data loss and the need to take a more strategic approach to data management that's not so cost prohibitive – and does so without impacting patient care.

]]> 2013-03-08T11:42:22+00:00 Press Release - Understanding the Immediate and Long-term Benefits of a Vendor Neutral Archive http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/press_releases/understanding_the_immediate_and_long_term_benefits_of_a_vendor_neutral_arch http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/press_releases/understanding_the_immediate_and_long_term_benefits_of_a_vendor_neutral_arch A new report by healthcare imaging technology expert, Joe Marion, examines factors that affect strategic VNA deployments within hospitals. Read more >>>

]]> 2013-03-05T13:00:22+00:00 Press Release - BridgeHead and ClearDATA Offer their Medical Archive in the Cloud http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/press_releases/bridgehead_and_cleardata_offer_their_medical_archive_in_the_cloud http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/press_releases/bridgehead_and_cleardata_offer_their_medical_archive_in_the_cloud BridgeHead partners with ClearDATA to provide a Medical Archive that supports both DICOM and Non-DICOM data in the Cloud. Read more >>>

]]> 2013-03-04T13:00:06+00:00 Blog - Empowering the EPR - data management is key http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/blog_post_empowering_the_epr_data_management_is_key http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/blog_post_empowering_the_epr_data_management_is_key BridgeHead blog by Tony Cotterill, Executive Vice President and Chief Products Officer, explores the implications of a truly paperless NHS and how correct healthcare data management can empower an EPR to the benefit of the Trust and ultimately the patient. Read more >>>

]]> 2013-03-01T11:03:12+00:00 Press Release - BridgeHead XDS-I.b Technology Passes Testing at 2013 IHE Connectathon http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/press_releases/bridgehead_passes_testing_at_2013_ihe_connectathon http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/press_releases/bridgehead_passes_testing_at_2013_ihe_connectathon Recently, at the largest Health IT testing event in the U.S., the 2013 IHE Connectathon, BridgeHead Software showcased its DICOMStore™ solution for Interoperability for XDS-I.b. Read more >>>

]]> 2013-02-27T13:00:43+00:00 Blog - Best Practices for PACS Image Archive Protection Part 3 of 3 http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/pacs_image_archive_protection_practices_that_work_part_3_of_3 http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/pacs_image_archive_protection_practices_that_work_part_3_of_3 Tim Kaschinske, a solutions expert at BridgeHead Software, provides detailed best practices on some of the ways in which file-level protection can be successfully added to PACS image archives. These best practices help maximize availability benefits for images without impacting PACS application workflows and performance. This is part 3 in this blog series.

]]> 2013-02-25T20:02:38+00:00 Blog - A Question of Data Migration... http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/blog_post_a_question_of_data_migration http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/blog_post_a_question_of_data_migration For those in the process of planning to exit the National Programme for IT for the provision of Radiology PACS, you might think data migration is the first step. But many Trusts don’t understand what their fundamental issue really is. They talk of procurements to replace PACS and RIS solutions, when the issues they face do not actually necessitate that approach. In this blog, we explore the first question that needs to be asked:  “what are you migrating from, and what do you want to migrate to?” Read more>>>

]]> 2013-02-15T13:43:40+00:00 Blog - Best Practices for PACS Image Archive Protection Part 2 http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/pacs_image_archive_protection_that_works_part_2 http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/pacs_image_archive_protection_that_works_part_2 Tim Kaschinske, a solutions expert at BridgeHead Software, provides detailed best practices on some of the ways in which file-level archive protection can be successfully added to PACS image archives. These best practices help maximize availability benefits for images without impacting PACS application workflows and performance. This is part 2 of a 3 part blog entry.

]]> 2013-02-11T18:43:23+00:00 Blog - Better Data Means Better Care http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/blog_post_better_data_means_better_care http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/blog_post_better_data_means_better_care Although not yet officially announced, there have been reports that the NHS Commissioning Board is set to appoint Ming Tang as the new director for data and information management systems. This could be an interesting move and one to help Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, with his digitisation mission. Jim Beagle explores Jeremy Hunt’s plans, what it means to the NHS and ultimately the patient.

]]> 2013-02-07T16:42:52+00:00 Blog - Best Practices for PACS Image Archive Protection Part 1 http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/image_archive_protection_that_works_for_hospital_pacs_applications http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/image_archive_protection_that_works_for_hospital_pacs_applications Tim Kaschinske, a solutions expert at BridgeHead Software, provides detailed best practices on some of the ways in which file-level archive protection can be successfully added to PACS image archives. These best practices help maximize availability benefits for images without impacting PACS application workflows and performance. This is part 1 of a 3 part blog series.

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