IND 29 - From RIS-Centric Silos to a VNA-Driven Enterprise Imaging Strategy – A paradigm shift in radiology

Over the past year, Quartz Healthcare has undergone a fundamental strategic transformation: moving away from a traditional, isolated RIS-driven imaging workflow toward a VNA-centric enterprise imaging architecture. In this symposium, Quartz Healthcare’s CIO, Lukas Klement, offers a first-hand, practice-oriented perspective on the motivation, strategic considerations, challenges, and key learnings that shaped this journey.

Using specific use cases – from outpatient radiology and teleradiology to the establishment of a central radiology cockpit – he demonstrates how a vendor-neutral archive strategy reduces technical complexity, standardises workflows, improves interoperability and creates the basis for scalable, future-proof imaging services.

The focus is firmly on real-world experience: how intelligent routing, orchestration of AI-solutions, centralized archiving, and location-independent access increased efficiency in ambulant radiology; how peer review sustainably improved diagnostic quality; and why the VNA approach has become a strategic cornerstone for growth, innovation, and clinical collaboration at Quartz Healthcare. Complementing this, Lukas Klement illustrates how NilNexus, as a workflow orchestration layer, further optimizes imaging operations through intelligent case distribution, load balancing, and transparent SLA management, significantly boosting productivity and fostering specialisation.