USARAD.com Introducing Radiology-On-Demand RadStore

USARAD.com, LLC, a Joint Commission accredited provider of outsourced imaging services, announced Radiology-On-Demand RadStore, a long-term image storage solution available at no or low cost to all new and existing clients.

The service complements the range of existing cloud-based technologies that USARAD.com provides to help clients manage their outsourced images and reports, including RIS, PACS, peer review and other related workflow solutions.

Providing the advantages synonymous with advanced cloud-based storage at no or low cost to users depending on the level of service, USARAD.com’s cloud archiving allows exams to be accessed at any time from any location with Internet connectivity. The system provides fast image access and HIPAA-compliant security.

As a significant client benefit, the new service eliminates the large capital expense of archiving hardware purchase as well as the time and cost of maintenance and ongoing technology upgrades. USARAD.com clients may also take advantage of advanced features such backup of data and ability to share images with referring and consulting physicians and patients.

"Today, a growing number of imaging centers, mobile companies and small hospitals, including many of our clients, are converting from in-house PACS archiving to easy-to-manage, convenient cloud-based storage," explains Michael Yuz, MD, MBA, CEO of USARAD.com. "Additionally, many smaller imaging facilities do not have a formal archiving solution and this allows them to truly enter the digital world. As part of our service, our clients already have images stored on the USARAD.com cloud on a short-term basis. Now USARAD.com, as true partners in a client’s success, offers the unprecedented benefit of extending this storage on a long term basis."

USARAD.com sites will be able to securely store all of their images for seven years or until patients reach the age of 18 as mandated by regulatory bodies. With exams in a centralized location, image sharing with other providers and patients is simple, and sites can take advantage of electronic data access to provide an enhanced level of client service. Radiologists no longer have to burn CDs for image communication. Onsite radiologists using the USARAD.com service can view outsourced patient images and reports as well as access priors quickly and easily before a patient’s appointment, wherever they are working.

"With Radiology-on-Demand RadStore, everyone benefits, as imaging centers give up their legacy systems, making the move easily from onsite to cloud-based storage, and small practices grow their business by offering premium services formerly beyond their reach," says Dr. Yuz.

Oliver Tsesis, practice manager at Radiology of Westchester P.C., a multi-modality imaging center in Ardsley, NY, an early program participant, comments: "Combined with USARAD.com’s reading expertise and unmatched turn-around-time, their advanced IT infrastructure, including cloud archiving, offers tremendous competitive advantage for our practice. Cloud archiving is easy and convenient and contributes to an improved patient care. We are excited to have USARAD.com as our true partner for many years to come."