Migration

From legacy PACS to Sirona. We manage the process.

PACS migration doesn't have to be a multi-year project. Sirona's team handles every phase — assessment through go-live — while your radiologists keep reading.

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How Sirona is Different

Sirona runs the migration — you keep reading

Legacy migrations demand your IT team coordinate the old vendor, new vendor, EMR team, and every modality. With Sirona, our migration team owns the project. We handle DICOM and HL7 configuration, transfer historical studies, validate data integrity, and run training. Your team participates in decisions; Sirona drives execution.

The migration process

Six managed phases designed for minimal disruption and maximum confidence.

1. Assessment

Sirona inventories your current environment — PACS, RIS, EMR, modalities, network, historical data. We identify integration points and migration complexity.

2. Planning

A detailed plan with timelines, responsibilities, and risk mitigation. DICOM routing, HL7 mapping, and training schedules locked before work begins.

3. Data Transfer

Historical studies migrate to Sirona's cloud in the background. Bandwidth-controlled, integrity-validated, and non-disruptive to daily operations.

4. Validation

Every transferred study is validated — DICOM metadata, pixel checksums, completeness. Integration interfaces tested with live data during parallel running.

5. Training

Hands-on, role-specific training for radiologists, technologists, and administrators. Tailored to each role's workflow.

6. Go-Live & Support

Cutover day is a routing change. Sirona's team provides on-site or remote go-live support and intensive post-go-live monitoring.

Built for how radiologists actually work

Assessment & Planning

Understand your environment before we touch anything

Before migration begins, Sirona inventories every DICOM connection, every HL7 interface, and your historical data footprint. The output is a migration plan with realistic timeline, routing diagram, interface mapping, and training calendar.

Full DICOM connection inventory — modalities, gateways, archives

HL7 interface mapping — orders, results, ADT feeds

Historical data assessment — study count, volume, date range

Detailed plan with timeline and owners

Data Transfer

Background migration with integrity validation

Historical studies transfer over a secure DICOM connection, bandwidth-controlled to avoid impacting reading hours. Every study is validated after transfer — metadata, pixel checksums, completeness. Discrepancies trigger automatic re-transfer.

Secure DICOM transfer from legacy archive to Sirona cloud

Bandwidth-controlled — runs without impacting daily reading

Per-study validation: metadata, pixel checksums, completeness

Automatic re-transfer of any study with discrepancies

Go-Live

Cutover day is a routing change

After parallel running validates that Sirona works correctly with live data, cutover is simple: modality DICOM destinations update, HL7 routing switches, legacy decommissions on your schedule. Sirona provides go-live support and intensive monitoring for the first two weeks.

Parallel running validates everything before cutover

Cutover is a DICOM routing change — not a migration event

Legacy system decommissioned on your schedule

Intensive monitoring for the first two weeks post-cutover

Post-Go-Live

Optimization after you're live

Going live is the beginning. Sirona's team stays engaged for workflow optimization, feature adoption reviews, and continuous improvement. New capabilities roll out invisibly; training continues as features evolve.

Workflow optimization reviews at 30, 60, and 90 days

Feature adoption tracking with targeted training

Invisible upgrades via continuous deployment

Direct access to the Sirona product team

Migration by the numbers

Weeks

typical migration timeline — not months or years

No

reading interruption — parallel running by design

Every

transferred study validated — metadata, checksums, completeness

6

managed phases from assessment to go-live

FAQs

How long does a typical migration take?

Most migrations complete in weeks. Timeline depends on integration points, historical data volume, and site complexity. Sirona provides a detailed schedule during the planning phase.

Will my radiologists experience downtime during migration?

No. Your existing PACS remains fully operational throughout migration. Historical data transfers in the background, integration testing happens in parallel, and the cutover itself is a routing change that takes minutes.

What happens to my historical studies?

All historical studies migrate to Sirona's cloud archive with per-study validation — metadata comparison, pixel checksums, and completeness confirmation. Radiologists have full access to priors in Sirona.

Can I keep my legacy PACS running during the transition?

Yes. During parallel running, new studies route to both systems simultaneously. After cutover, you can keep the legacy system running read-only for a transition period, or decommission immediately.

Does my IT team need to manage the migration?

Sirona's migration team leads the project. Your IT team participates in decisions and provides environment access, but Sirona handles assessment, planning, data transfer, validation, and go-live coordination.

What if a study fails validation after transfer?

Any study with a detected discrepancy is automatically re-transferred and re-validated. The migration doesn't complete until 100% of studies pass validation.