From the January/February 2018 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
• Web-based vs. Web-enabled. Due to evolving standards of speed and security over the web, many tele-cardiologists, referring physicians and physicians at home have found case reviewing over the Internet to be an invaluable time saver. "Web-enabled" systems imply a stand-alone application that has been adapted or modified to allow web functionality. "Web-based" systems imply the PACS product was built from the ground up to view and manipulate data over the web (i.e., an Internet-based interface). Web-based systems are growing in popularity as they are explicitly designed with a web interface in mind and often require little or no installation for offsite PCs.
Regardless of the financial scope and parameters of your project, all costs must be laid out clearly in the quotation. The cost of each component, a breakdown of all professional service hours, and just as important, the ongoing costs of maintenance, upgrades and storage expansion must be up-front and forthcoming in the contract. Avoid clauses quoting prices at "then applicable rates" without some form of an estimate, whenever possible.
About the author: Tyler Speakman joined MD Buyline in 2017. Along with health care IT, he specializes in capital budgeting and project management for multiple technologies, including nurse call systems, OR integration and PACS. Prior to joining MD Buyline, Speakman worked as a portfolio executive and sourcing executive at Vizient, and as an operations manager for a Premier Healthcare subsidiary. He also spent several years as a capital equipment analyst and has clinical experience as a physical therapy tech.
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