Many hospital leaders already support the use of vendor-neutral archives, which allow images and documents to be stored in a standardized format so they are accessible to a variety of systems, as they often lead to cost savings and increased institutional efficiency. Clinicians see advantages in VNA technology in their day-to-day work as well, according to a HIMSSwire report.

The advantages for clinicians include:

Mobile capabilities. VNAs combined with universal viewers allow physicians to view documents or images on any device, including smartphones or iPads.

Facilitated collaboration. VNA technology allows clinicians to more easily share documents or images with colleagues to get a second opinion.

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