RIS Workflow and Enterprise Imaging Strategies: Conflict or Convergence?

Ben Brown, General Manager, Medical Imaging/Medical Equipment, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. Vendors have been busily releasing and acquiring new RIS products. Single-vendor RIS/PACS and CIS/RIS competitors offer systems that squeeze the market space around standalone RIS vendors and create compelling one-stop vendor options for hospital executives. Which vendors deliver integrated, full-featured enterprise systems? How is PACS in radiology and cardiology impacting your Enterprise Imaging strategy? Is there a need for an application/vendor neutral option? Which vendors are providers turning to for their enterprise imaging efforts?