From Trust to Use and Beyond Chapter Eight | Page 13

ENTERPRISE-STORAGE-CENTRIC APPROACH
PROS
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+ + An enterprise-wide repository
can save the cost of maintaining
separate archives
+ + Accommodates image data from
various departments and “ologies”
+ + Permits interoperability among
existing solutions
+ + Works with the widest number of
PACS (because it is vendor neutral)
+ + Can be deployed on premise, in a
private cloud, or in a public cloud
for increased data protection
+ + Maintains autonomy in the
departments
CONS
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– – Inconsistent workflow across
facilities
– – May not be able to share
workload across specialties, i.e.,
allow specific sub-specialties of
radiology to read across sites