HIMSS: Siemens takes image management, workflow to the cloud

Siemens Healthcare debuted two offerings for image management and radiology workflow that will be hosted from the Siemens Healthcare Cloud Computing Center (HCCC) in Malvern, Pa., at the annual meeting of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), held in Las Vegas Feb. 20-24.

Siemens highlighted a strategic alliance with Dell to deliver a cloud-based, vendor-agnostic Image Sharing & Archiving (ISA) system. The ISA offering will be primarily hosted out of Siemens HCCC, using Dell’s clinical data management software. Additionally, Siemens and Dell will federate their respective healthcare clouds, providing customers an additional form of redundancy.

Siemens also unveiled its syngo Workflow RIS, which can be hosted from Siemens HCCC. Because Siemens is maintaining all RIS functionality in the HCCC, the company will be able to utilize the systems to provide national benchmark metrics accumulated from syngo Workflow users. This assessment will be provided annually to customers, Siemens said.

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