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As a healthcare professional, how are you handling the new policies set out by the Coalition Government and how have the changes to the core structure of the NHS impacted you? Today and tomorrow, the Healthcare Strategy Forum, held at the picturesque Beaumont Estate...

Guest blog by John Rollason of NetApp - @JohnRollason At the end of February at the HiMSS14 event in Orlando our partner BridgeHead Software announced a new healthcare data management solution based on the FlexPod Select architecture. As I’ve written about before, I...

This month, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published version 1.0 of a national Cybersecurity Framework. This was at the behest of Obama’s Feb 2013 Executive Order on Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. Healthcare is considered...

Costs savings, the creation of operational efficiencies and improving patient care are common themes across the UK healthcare space. Today, hospitals generate ever increasing volumes of data, all in a bid to help successfully manage patient journeys and improve...

By Jamie Clifton What is it about hospital applications that make them hard to backup and recover? In truth, many applications and not just hospital applications are difficult to manage. However, hospital applications are typically more critical because of the nature...

This is part 3 of a 3-part blog series, on overcoming the unique challenges presented in archiving PACS images to tape. In part 1, I provided details on why this is a problem for most hospitals. In part 2, I provided information on how BridgeHead worked with one...

As described in our Part 1 blog entry on this topic, we have become aware that many hospitals are in the position of relying on a single device, often a tape library for their PACS image archive. We have worked with a hospital in the upper Midwest to solve this...

In our work with hospitals using various PACS systems, we’ve become aware of a common situation which can be solved easily and at low cost with BridgeHead to alleviate tape dependencies. What’s the Problem? A PACS receives radiology images in the DICOM format and upon...

One of the ideals behind a Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) is that the data will be in a standards-based format making it available to any application that complies with the DICOM standard. So, in theory, once the data has been migrated from a proprietary archive to a...

Following our press announcement we’re pleased to be able to talk openly about the work we are doing at Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust (QE Gateshead). As it embarks upon its long-term strategy towards the vision of a holistic digital patient record, BridgeHead...

By Kelly Baig @KEHBaig In 2014, ACO and MU requirements will take priority for your hospital like never before. This is the year when the bar has been lifted, in which audits are real, and in which you must stay focused on your top priorities to be effective. “Half of...

By Tim Kaschinske @Tim Kaschinske In February 2012, Marian Community Hospital in Carbondale, PA, said good-bye to its patients and closed its doors for good. However, the hospital’s responsibility for medical images and other patient data would...