Diagnostic Imaging: PACS and Radiology Information Systems

 Questions answered in this report include:

• How do different sizes and types of healthcare organizations vary in capabilities and plans?

• What other technologies influence decision-making related to diagnostic imaging technologies?

• What are the chief complaints about existing products and services?

• Are standalone diagnostic imaging service centers threatening profitability at hospital- and healthcare delivery network-based centers?

• How do consolidations within the marketplace effect upcoming decisions to purchase new and replacement systems? 

As your organization prepares to spend potentially millions of dollars in this area over the coming years, this exclusive report gives you a better understanding of the marketplace as you plan those investments. And, if you are a technology vendor, this report gives you clear insight into what healthcare organizations are planning and, more importantly, who they are already using as vendors and what key vendors they plan to turn to for future technology purchases.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Executive Summary

Section 2. Respondent Demographics and Infrastructure Capabilities

• Types of Organizations Represented

  1. Types of Hospitals and Health Systems

  2. Ambulatory Care Centers

• Executives and Professionals
  
  

  1. Management Roles and Professional Backgrounds

• Organizational Infrastructure

  1. Care Providers: Electronic Medical Record/Electronic Health Record Implementations

  2. Ambulatory Care: Technology Systems

• Participation in Health Information Exchanges

• Diagnostic Imaging Departments

  1. Organizations with Diagnostic Imaging Departments

  2. Management Responsibility

  3. IT Systems in Imaging-centric Departments

  4. Able to Capture Images in Digital Format

  5. Types and Brands of Workstations in Use

• Organizations Without Diagnostic Imaging Departments

  1. Referral Patterns

  2. Influences on Referral Channel

  3. When Clinicians Choose

• Organizations with Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)

  1. Usage of Various Diagnostic Imaging Technologies

  2. Distribution of PACS

  3. PACS Functionality: Images in Native Format and True Motion

  4. Plans for PACS Expansion

• Related Issues

  1. Vendor Satisfaction

  2. Diagnostic Imaging Vendors' Greatest Weaknesses

  3. Diagnostic Imaging Purchasing Plans

  4. Attitude Toward PACS

  5. Barriers to PACS Implementations

  6. Plans to Implement

  7. Integration and Conversion Challenges

  8. Role of Standalone Imaging Centers on Business

  9. Diagnostic Imaging: PACS and Radiology Information Systems

  10. Effect of Market Consolidation

  11. Other Technologies Influencing Purchasing Decisions

  12. Most Desired Changes in Diagnostic Imaging Market

• Types of Organizations Represented

  1. Community Settings

  2. Level of EMR/EHR Implementations

• Diagnostic Imaging Departments
  
  
• Types and Brands of Workstations Used
  
  
• Distribution of PACS
  
  
• PACS Functionality: Images in Native Format and True Motion
  
  
• Related Diagnostic Imaging Technology Issues
  
  

  1. Vendor Satisfaction

  2. Top 5 Most Desired Changes in Diagnostic Imaging Market

  3. Purchasing Plans

  4. Integration and Conversion Challenges

  5. Effect of Market Consolidation

  6. Other Technologies Influencing Purchasing Decisions

  7. Top 5 Most Desired Changes in Diagnostic Imaging Market

Section 5. Mid-Size Hospitals, 200—499 Beds

• Types of Organizations Represented

  1. Community Settings

  2. Level of EMR/EHR Implementations

• Diagnostic Imaging Departments

• Types and Brands of Workstations Used

• Distribution of PACS

• PACS Functionality: Images in Native Format and True Motion

  1. Barriers to PACS Implementations

• Related Diagnostic Imaging Technology Issues

  1. Level of Satisfaction

  2. Top 5 Perceived Weaknesses of Installed Vendor

  3. Purchasing Plans

  4. Integration and Conversion Challenges

  5. Role of Standalone Imaging Centers on Business

  6. Effect of Market Consolidation

  7. Other Technologies Influencing Purchasing Decisions

  8. Top 5 Most Desired Changes in Diagnostic Imaging Market

• Types of Organizations Represented

  1. Community Settings

  2. Level of EMR/EHR Implementations
     
     
     

• Diagnostic Imaging Departments
  
  
• Types and Brands of Workstations Used
  
  
• Distribution of PACS
  
  
• PACS Functionality: Able to Handle Images in Native Format; True Motion
  
  
• Related Diagnostic Imaging Technology Issues
  
  

  1. Vendor Satisfaction

  2. Top 5 Weaknesses of Installed Vendor

  3. Purchasing Plans

  4. Integration and Conversion Challenges

  5. Effect of Market Consolidation

  6. Other Technologies Influencing Purchasing Decisions

  7. Top 5 Most Desired Changes in Diagnostic Imaging Market

Section 7. Physician Offices and Ambulatory Care Centers

• Types of Organizations Represented

• Types and Levels of Automation

• Types and Brands of Workstations Used

• Related Diagnostic Imaging Technology Issues

  1. Vendor Satisfaction

  2. Top 5 Weaknesses of Installed Vendor

  3. Purchasing Plans

  4. Integration and Conversion Challenges

  5. Effect of Market Consolidation

  6. Other Technologies Influencing Purchasing Decisions

  7. Top 5 Most Desired Changes in Diagnostic Imaging Market