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MEDxConnect(TM) System Enables Transmission of Images and Patient Report Transfer Across Disparate PACS and Maintains Hospital Group's Operations as
RIS Crashes
SEATTLE, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Compressus, leaders in interoperability of disparate healthcare IT systems, announced today the implementation of an integrated digital imaging and data management solution at E-Rad Solutions teleradiology clients, Charlotte Regional Medical Center and Peace River Medical Center in Florida, both HMA facilities. The announcement was made here at 13th Annual International Meeting of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA), April 6-8, 2008.
The implementation at the two hospital group that generates more than 130,000 diagnostic imaging exams a year, involves the installation of a spectrum of MEDxConnect(TM) System components. Designed to enable seamless integration of disparate information systems, the Compressus system provides users the freedom to select best of breed PACS, HIS/RIS, EMS and CIS tools, regardless of vendor. E-Rad Solutions selected Compressus to support its innovative approach to teleradiology: the use of state of the art technology to help hospitals and radiology groups improve workflow, enhance delivery of high quality patient care, and optimize satisfaction and financial performance.
"Like many regional medical centers, we've had to rely on locum tenens,
or consulting radiologists, to read exams and create diagnostic reports.
Before contracting with E-Rad Solutions, this was particularly inefficient
with night reads, as our on-site physicians would have to review and
perform a final read on every case that received a preliminary read at
night," said Gail Hopkins, BS.RT, Director Medical Imaging, Charlotte
Regional Medical Center in Punta Gorda, Fla. "Needing to read exams from
the previous night and all cases coming through during the day, the on-site
radiologists were required to read alm
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