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2008’s Top 25 Connected Healthcare Facilities Ü Banner health System phoeniX, ariZ. bannerhealth.com This not-for-profit hospital system operates in seven Western states with 22 hospitals and healthcare facilities, offering various levels of hospital care, physician services, hospice and home care. Providing more than $64 million a year in charity care, the health system employs more than 28,000 staff, admits more than 190,000 patients to its hospitals and treats more than 510,000 people a year in their emergency departments. Banner offers interventional radiology services for an array of medical conditions, ranging from cardiology to fetal surgery. Banner’s imaging department is completely digitized. Information systems that share images with PACS CVIS, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, EHR/EMR, Emergency, Endoscopy/Gastroenterology, HIS, Nuclear Medicine, Oncology, Orthopedics, Radiation Therapy, RIS, Surgery/OR, Teleradiology and Vascular ,000 Physicians in network 96% –100 % Physicians in network with image access 1,00,000 annual imaging procedures 96% –100 % digital imaging systems procedures 6% –10 % annual increase in digital procedures 10,000 Monthly e-radiology reports viewed 1 hour radiology turn-around time 10 hours cardiology turn-around time 3 min. Emergency turn-around time 1% –% annual data growth 176 TB long-term data archive Ü Brigham and Women’s hospital BoSton, maSS. brighamandwomens.org This 747-bed teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School offers outpatient services and clinics, diagnostic and treatment technologies and research laboratories. Annually, Brigham & Women’s Hospital (BWH) sees inpatient admissions totaling 44,000; ambulatory visits of more than 950,000; and the emergency department treats 54,000 patients. BWH employs more than 12,000 people with more than 3,000 physicians, fellows and residents. With the adoption of digital imaging, enterprise image-viewing is available in all its clinics, as well as in more than 40 ORs; and physicians can electronically enter and sign imaging study orders. Information systems that share images with PACS CVIS, CPOE, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, Dental, Dermatology, EHR/EMR, Emergency, HIS, Nuclear Medicine, Oncology, Orthopedics, RIS, Surgery/OR, Teleradiology and Vascular ,000 Physicians in network 91% –9% Physicians in network with image access 00,000 annual imaging procedures 91% –9% digital imaging systems procedures 6% –10 % annual increase in digital procedures 20,000 Monthly e-radiology reports viewed 3 hours radiology turn-around time 3 hours cardiology turn-around time 1 min. Emergency turn-around time 6% –10 % annual data growth 20 TB long-term data archive Ü Bronson methodist hospital k al amaZoo, mich. bronsonhealth.com With a workforce of nearly 5,000 and a medical staff of more than 700, this not-for-profit, tertiary healthcare system serves southwest Michigan and northern Indiana. Bronson offers a range of services from primary care to advanced critical care and has 11 service locations. The health system offers the same diagnostic imaging in six of its locations, including bone density scans, CT, EKG, fluoroscopy, MRI, neurodiagnostics, nuclear medicine, ultrasound and x-ray. Its enterprise-wide PACS also allows for images to be accessed across its intranet. Information systems that share images with PACS CVIS, CPOE, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, EHR/EMR, Emergency, Endoscopy/Gastroenterology, HIS, Labratory/Pathology, Nuclear Medicine, Oncology, Orthopedics, Radiation Therapy, RIS, Surgery/OR, Teleradiology and Vascular 700 Physicians in network 96% –100 % Physicians in network with image access 287,000 annual imaging procedures 96% –100 % digital imaging systems procedures 6% –10 % annual increase in digital procedures 14,400 Monthly e-radiology reports viewed 30 min. radiology turn-around time 4 hours cardiology turn-around time 1 hours Emergency turn-around time 21% –2% annual data growth TB long-term data archive 12 Health Imaging & IT | august 2008 Healthimaging.com http://bannerhealth.com http://brighamandwomens.org http://bronsonhealth.com http://Healthimaging.com

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