Merge May 2025 newsletter: Last call for the Merge User Conference

Dear Merge users, 

If we haven’t met yet, allow me to introduce myself – I’m Andrei Gonzales, Vice President of Product Management for Merge. I’m excited to be joining you all, and especially to be joining just before the Merge User Conference! I’ve been talking to a lot of folks about what’s on deck this year, and after everything I’ve seen and heard about the agenda, I can promise it will really be worth the hype. Here are just a few of exciting sessions on the agenda for Nashville, including: 

• Updates on new product features and how to take advantage of them to get the most out of your Merge investments.  

• Keynote address from Dr. Nina Kottler, a practicing radiologist with over 20 years of expertise in emergency imaging. 

• Physician panel, moderated by Merge Chief Medical Officer Dr. Raj Chopra, with clinicians from two Merge partners on the biggest challenges they face, and solutions they’ve adopted, to run productive practices.  

• A session on cloud and security, featuring valuable insights and perspectives from a diverse panel of Merge partners, customers, and KLAS experts.  

All on top of product roadmaps, Merge use case success stories, and sessions tailored to your radiology, cardiology, and enterprise imaging needs.  

There’s still time to RSVP for the 2025 Merge User Conference but the hotel cut-off date is June 2nd so make sure to get your registration in. We can’t wait to see you in Nashville, and I can’t wait to meet you all.  

Meet the 2025 Merge User Conference sponsors 

Thank you to all the Merge partners who are sponsoring this year’s User Conference: 

MultiCare Health System is building an enterprise imaging ecosystem across the Pacific Northwest 

MultiCare Health System aspires to be the highest value healthcare system in the Pacific Northwest, providing vital services and technology to providers that serve rural, underserved areas. To achieve these goals, MultiCare looked for a long-term transformation partner that could help build an enterprise imaging foundation, consolidate their multiple PACS systems, and facilitate a cloud migration that would support their goals for expansion. Check out the new testimonial from MultiCare on how they’ve utilized Merge Imaging Suite solutions to create an enterprise imaging foundation to help smaller clinics and rural hospitals that need support providing patient care.  

Discover MultiCare’s story 

Live from SIIM: Leonard Santos talks MultiCare and Merge 

For more on MultiCare’s story, check out this video interview from SIIM 2025, where Leonard Santos spoke with The Imaging Wire about MultiCare’s enterprise imaging vision and how Merge will support these goals.  

Watch the video 

Presbyterian Healthcare increased patient engagement & met regulatory requirements by image-enabling its patient portal  

Presbyterian Healthcare needed to create an image-enabled patient portal that complied with the Cures Act and provided patients with quick and easy image access. Read our new jointly-authored imaging strategy paper about how they accomplished this with Merge Enterprise Imaging, based on the capabilities of Merge VNA and Merge Universal Viewer, and how the new portal quickly became a major word-of-mouth success among both patients and staff.   

Read the whitepaper