Why Is My PACS Slow? A Troubleshooting Guide for Radiologists and Imaging IT Teams
Quick answer: A slow PACS is almost never just one thing. The usual suspects are the network path between the reading station and the image server (including VPN, Wi-Fi, or hotspot links), name resolution (DNS), the workstation itself, the PACS or VNA server and storage, and workflow settings like prefetch and hanging protocols. To fix […]
PACS Migration Checklist: How to Move Imaging Data to a New PACS or VNA Without Losing Studies
Replacing a PACS or moving to a vendor neutral archive (VNA) is one of the biggest projects an imaging department takes on. Years of studies, reports and patient history have to move from a legacy system to a new platform, while radiologists keep reading and patients keep getting scanned. Done well, a migration is almost […]