Medical Archiving: Cost-effective, Scalable Storage Solutions for Diagnostic Images

Susan Van Ness, Director of Medical Imaging Solutions, Worldwide Public Sector, Health and Education, Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto, CA. Medical Archiving Solutions cost effectively provide long-term storage and rapid retrieval of patient studies across multiple sites – regardless of the study size.  The HP approach, scaleable to petabytes, draws upon an open standards-based, grid architecture and integrates best-in-class technology, with technology refreshes over time and services for long-term support.  With a Medical Archiving Solution, physicians can securely and simultaneously access vital information in order to collaborate across departments and medical facilities, ultimately improving patient care. It is designed to interface with existing PACS and RIS implementations, while also supporting the archiving requirements of pre-PACS environment.