Can Rhapsody Image Director Improve Efficiency with Radiology Workflows?

The newly launched enterprise imaging software Rhapsody Image Director may provide a viable alternative to legacy operating systems and routing tools in radiology. Offering a scalable infrastructure platform, Rhapsody Image Director reportedly streamlines the routing of MRI, CT and X-ray images to PACS systems, vendor neutral archives (VNAs) and cloud archives, according to Rhapsody, the developer of the Rhapsody Image Director software. The company added that Rhapsody Image Director provides a foundation for the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and may be an option for post-merger infrastructure upgrades or consolidation of imaging systems. Rhapsody noted the use of Rhapsody Image Director helped one health-care imaging network save radiologists over three hours a day with reduced manual routing and bolstered access to prior studies. The network also achieved $8 million in savings over a three-year period by jettisoning 35 disparate imaging solutions in favor of the Rhapsody Image Director, according to Rhapsody. "Health care is entering an era where imaging won't exist in isolation. It will be part of a broader, multimodal data ecosystem," said Jitin Asnaani, the chief product officer of Rhapsody. "To get there, organizations will need a flexible infrastructure that can unify, scale, and adapt as AI capabilities evolve. Image Director helps them modernize without disruption and build for what's next.”