After a period of impressive growth and expansion in imaging informatics, in which PACS and RIS technologies became universalized and in which concepts such as the VNA and image management became widespread, the imaging informatics sector has been buffeted by a series of developments in the policy world that have made continued expansion a riskier bet.
Hedging bets in healthcare IT has always been a tricky thing, and never more so than these days, in the area of imaging informatics. After a period of impressive growth and expansion, in which PACS (picture archiving and communications systems) and RIS (radiology information systems) technologies became universalized across U.S.
