Dear PACS Insider,
Migrating your existing PACS data to your replacement PACS is one of the most challenging aspects of switching to a new vendor. But practice can make this process a lot less painful, if the experience of the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands is any indication.
In a poster presentation at last week's RSNA 2013 in Chicago, the Dutch research team shared how a test migration allowed them to solve many problems prior to the actual data migration process. Find out how they did it and the lessons they learned in our report, which you can access here.
In other featured articles this month in your PACS Digital Community, discover how teleradiology is allowing Premier League footballers to have injuries scanned at the stadium and diagnosed by an on-call radiologist by clicking here.
The French Society of Radiology (SFR) has released guidelines for storing and archiving medical images. Learn how these guidelines define good storage and archiving practice, and offer promise for time and money savings for hospitals by reading our article here.
Recent research presented at the SFR national congress found that consistency is eluding teleradiology use in the country.
If you have any tips or suggestions for topics you'd like to see covered in the PACS Digital Community, please feel free to email me.
