In medical imaging, collaboration isn’t just about efficiency—it’s about patient outcomes. Whether you're requesting imaging from a trusted provider, sharing a case for a second opinion, or managing a complex treatment plan, seamless communication can make all the difference. Enter Connections, a new Aurabox feature designed to transform how you manage your medical imaging network.
Connections empower you to build, customise, and manage your professional relationships—all within Aurabox. With this feature, you’ll have everything you need to stay connected and in control, ensuring you can focus on what matters most: delivering the best possible care for your patients.
What Are Connections?
Connections are your personalised directory of organisations and individuals with whom you interact in your imaging workflows. Think of it as your professional network in Aurabox, tailored to suit your unique needs. With Connections, you can bring together imaging providers, colleagues, and collaborators into one unified platform.
Here’s how Connections can help streamline your workflow:
- Add organisations or individuals: Quickly and easily add imaging providers or colleagues you frequently collaborate with. This could include your go-to imaging centre, referring specialists, or even research collaborators.
- Build your network: Over time, create a curated list of trusted connections to simplify how you share and request imaging.
- Request smarter: Use your Connections within the Requesting Wizard for faster, more intuitive imaging requests. No more repetitive data entry—just select your Connection and proceed with confidence.
Why Are Connections Important?
Medical imaging is inherently collaborative, often requiring input from multiple providers and specialists. However, the traditional processes for managing these interactions—emails, phone calls, and fragmented systems—can be time-consuming, error-prone, and frustrating.
Connections address these challenges by centralising your professional network in one place. Here’s why this matters:
- Efficiency: Spend less time tracking down contact information or re-entering details for recurring requests.
- Reliability: Work with your trusted Connections, ensuring imaging is sent and received securely and accurately.
- Organisation: Keep your professional relationships structured and easily accessible, reducing clutter in your workflow.
What’s Coming Next?
Connections is already making imaging collaboration easier, but we’re not stopping there. Over the coming months, we’ll roll out additional features to give you even more control and flexibility:
- Enhanced Sharing: Soon, you’ll be able to use your Connections not only for requesting imaging but also for sharing it with colleagues and organisations. Sharing imaging with the right people will be as easy as selecting their name from your Connections.
- Default Settings: Save time and effort by setting up default behaviours for each Connection. For example, you’ll be able to define how you typically request imaging from a provider or set preferred sharing formats with collaborators.
- Advanced Permissions: Tailor how your Connections interact with you. Want to limit which providers can request imaging from you? Need to control how certain individuals share imaging with you? You’ll have the tools to set boundaries and define clear rules, ensuring transparency and security.
How Connections Enhance Aurabox
Connections are the next step in our mission to make Aurabox the go-to platform for seamless medical imaging workflows. By integrating this feature with other parts of the Aurabox experience, you’ll unlock new possibilities:
- Combine your Connections with our MDT tools for effortless collaboration in multidisciplinary teams.
- Use Connections alongside treatment monitoring to ensure everyone involved in a patient’s care has the imaging they need.
- Pair with secure de-identification tools to easily share research-ready imaging with academic collaborators.
How to Get Started
It’s easy to start building your network of Connections:
- Go to the Connections section in the new Network tab..
- Start adding individuals or organisations you collaborate with—imaging providers, colleagues, research teams, or even specialists in other fields.
- Use your Connections immediately in the Requesting Wizard to save time and streamline your workflow.
Building your network is just the beginning. As new features roll out, your Connections will become even more powerful, helping you manage your imaging workflows with precision and ease.
Looking Ahead
At Aurabox, we believe collaboration should be simple, not a source of frustration. Connections is just one more way we’re helping to break down silos in healthcare, foster interoperability, and ensure that imaging is as easy to access and share as it is vital to patient care.
We’re excited to hear how you use Connections to improve your workflows, so don’t hesitate to reach out with feedback or suggestions. And keep an eye out for updates—there’s much more to come.
With Connections, Aurabox isn’t just a tool for managing imaging; it’s your gateway to building a professional network that works for you. Together, we’re making medical imaging collaboration better, smarter, and simpler for everyone.
Start building your network today and experience the power of Connections!
