From Trust to Use and Beyond Chapter Eight | Page 10

gramming, and maintenance than it would cost to replace them with a single
system. 3
DEPARTMENTAL PACS
Inland Imaging, a Technology Services Company based in Seattle, contracts
with many hospitals. Inland Imaging replaces legacy RIS/PACS at the sites it ac-
quires or manages, because it would be more expensive to operate and support
To rip and replace
the departmental PACS legacy systems in acquired organizations provides a high
multiple
systems.
to Inland
executives, when
hospitals
the level
finan- of productivity
level of interoperability
among According
the merged
organizations,
leading
to a do
high
cial
comparison
between
two
strategies,
they
should
factor
in
the
cost
of
ongo-
and collaboration.
ing IT support, annual maintenance fees, the cost of offsite storage, network
.
and data center costs, and the replacement of servers every four or five years. 4
DEPARTMENTAl PACS STRATEGIES
SITE 1
SITE 2
Enterprise Viewer
RIS
Worklist
Diagnostic Viewer
Reporting
Archive
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INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMATION
SITE 3