Case Study: Gunnison Valley Health achieves instant, cross-border image sharing and major CD cost savings with Intelerad

Gunnison Valley Health Enables Image-Sharing from Colorado to Germany

Gunnison Valley Health, a critical access hospital in Gunnison Valley, Colorado, serves a large seasonal tourist population and faced major challenges sharing imaging when patients returned home. CDs were costly, slow (often taking weeks in winter storms), and time-consuming for administrators, even costing them referrals. To modernize image exchange, Gunnison partnered with Intelerad and deployed its InteleShare solution, embracing the vendor’s #DitchTheDisk approach.

Intelerad implemented InteleShare to send secure email links, automate routing to high‑volume referring physicians, and provide cloud backup and disaster recovery. The solution cut shipping costs (over $2,000 saved in the first two months), reduced time to view images from weeks to seconds (including successful international sharing to a physician in Germany), and restored referring relationships—delivering faster care and greater operational efficiency for Gunnison Valley Health.

Gunnison Valley Health

Brett Bruce

Director of Imaging, Cardiopulmonary, Respiratory, Therapy & Polysomnography Services