Thought Leadership Blogs

We sat down with Kumar Kedre from Grand Island Regional Medical Center to discuss his current role, his experiences and where he sees things going in the future of imaging. Name: Kumar Kedre (Enterprise Imaging Systems Administrator) Kumar Kedre Facility: Grand Island Regional Medical Center (Nebraska, USA) Products Used: Enterprise Imaging – Change Healthcare Radiology Solutions 14.0 Enterprise Imaging – Change Healthcare Cardiology Solutions 14.2 What is one thing you wish you knew sooner that you now know in your current role? When I started at this facility, I didn’t know Change Healthcare PACS, so that would’ve been helpful! But I had a lot of other PACS background and experience. Now that I have Change Healthcare PACS experience under my belt, that can be added on to my experience and make additional implementations ...

As I reflect upon what an entirely unprecedented year of quarantine, isolation, and unique challenges this pandemic has offered us, I am forced to reflect upon some of the singular opportunities it provided us to stretch and grow both personally and professionally. What occurred to me is that while there were incredible challenges, there were also parts that I hope we carry forward into the second half of the year when we have a quiet moment of reflection. A few of the items that I carry forward are: Slowing down -- As a world we very much hit the brakes in 2020, and while it was entirely shocking to have offices and schools shuttered in an almost apocalyptic nature, what it offered was a chance to slow down. To evaluate what really matters, to do more with less, to see and hear the things that perhaps we did not take the time to with our prior pace. I saw this at home and at work, ...

This month we would like to introduce Rick Gary, VP/COO for Enterprising Imaging. Rick comes with 40 years of experience in Operations, the last 20 specifically in Healthcare IT and Enterprise Imaging. In the different roles in his career, he led large scale, global services organizations to deliver and support Imaging solutions to healthcare providers around the world. In his current role Rick serves as VP/COO for Change Healthcare’s Enterprise Imaging group. In this role, Rick leads the Global Operations groups that plan, build, install, and train customers on our Enterprise Imaging solutions. Rick’s team also facilitates our staffing services, contracting, billing, and planning functions. Rick’s most recent passion is driving efficiency and quality in our deployment process to minimize clinical disruption and help our partners improve patient care for both current and future ...