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Enterprise Image Management Makes the Grade and cardiologists, can review both radiology and cardiology images from their offices or home. An interface with the HIS provides access to lab results via PicomEnterprise, too. Because storage islands cost more than a central approach, Coffee Health Group saw an immediate drop in its storage costs. Plus, it’s easier to manage one archive than two separate ones, says Birt. The health group’s IT infrastructure, new PCs running Microsoft Windows XP, a gigabit fiber connection between facilities and 100 megabit internal connections, more than sufficed for the new PACS. Making the transition Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, N.Y., deployed AMICAS Vision Series PACS as a departmental solution in February 2004. Now, the trauma center is taking PACS to the enterprise level. “We need a central location for all images and high availability for all images,” explains PACS Administrator David Ramsbotham. The first target for the enterprise project is surgical ultrasound. The medical center purchased new vascular ultrasound systems for its OR suites. On the IT side, the PACS administrator added a new surgical ultrasound category to the worklist to enable surgeons to manage exams orders. The medical center plans to gradually grow its enterprise system. Because surgical ultrasound is a low volume procedure, the move does not require a hefty infusion of IT infrastructure. The long range plan calls for wrapping a departmental cardiology solution into the enterprise system. Building excellence PACS grows in complexity as it grows outside of radiology and into the enterprise. On the other hand, the benefits of digital management also grow as it extends into the enterprise. Consider: » An enterprise system can make subspecialty expertise universally available. » The enterprise can configure the system to provide physicians with access to other key patient data such as lab results, nursing documentation and patient demographics. » Enterprise PACS provides a solid foundation for telemedicine and remote ED review. » The enterprise approach eradicates expensive islands of images held in miniPACS. DICOM DISK PUBLISHING UNDER $15,000 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Automated, unattended operation Completely self-contained system Dual CDR/DVD burners Integrated full-color label graphics Burns images with DICOM viewer to disk or USB memory ■ ■ DICOM Image management Most affordable DICOM disk publishing system DICOM DISK BURNING AND LABELING FOR EVERYONE WWW.NAITECHPRODUCTS.COM MAKING THE CONNECTION™ 18 Health Imaging & IT | February 2008 HealthImaging.com http://WWW.NAITECHPRODUCTS.COM http://WWW.NAITECHPRODUCTS.COM http://HealthImaging.com

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