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2008’s Top 25 Connected Healthcare Facilities Ü massachusetts general hospital BoSton, maSS. mgh.harvard.edu This 900-bed medical center annually admits more than 46,000 inpatients and handles nearly 1.5 million outpatient visits at its main campus and its four Massachusetts health centers. A teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, MGH joined with Brigham and Women’s Hospital to form Partners HealthCare System in 1994. Savings from transcription and film elimination is more than $3 million. Also, MGH implemented web-based radiology order entry and decision support that allows referring physicians to electronically order and schedule outpatient radiology, nuclear medicine and cardiology exams. Information systems that share images with PACS CVIS, CPOE, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, Dental, EHR/EMR, Emergency, Endoscopy/Gastroenterology, Nuclear Medicine, Oncology, Orthopedics, Radiation Therapy, RIS, Surgery/OR, Teleradiology and Vascular ,000 Physicians in network 96% –100 % Physicians in network with image access 2 million annual imaging procedures 96% –100 % digital imaging systems procedures 0 % –% annual increase in digital procedures 100,000 Monthly e-radiology reports viewed 2 hours radiology turn-around time 3 hours cardiology turn-around time 20 min. Emergency turn-around time 11% –1% annual data growth 00 TB long-term data archive Ü midland memorial hospital miDl anD, teX aS midland-memorial.com This acute-care institution with 320 licensed beds and more than 1,400 employees provides a range of inpatient and outpatient services. Midland and Diagnostic Imaging Associates have adopted digital imaging technology in their facilities, gaining financial and management benefits from utilizing digital imaging and data management. Annual cost savings from reduced film and related expenses are approximately $1 million a year. The technology allowed the hospital to consolidate four different film locations into one central film library, eliminate seven non-clinical FTEs at an annual cost of $175,000. Information systems that share images with PACS CVIS, CPOE, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, Dental, EHR/EMR, Emergency, Endoscopy/Gastroenterology, HIS, Labratory/Pathology, Nuclear Medicine, Oncology, Opthamology, Orthopedics, Radiation Therapy, RIS, Surgery/OR, Teleradiology and Vascular 200 Physicians in network 96% –100 % Physicians in network with image access 140,000 annual imaging procedures 91% –9% digital imaging systems procedures 71% –7% annual increase in digital procedures 8,200 Monthly e-radiology reports viewed 16 hours radiology turn-around time 16 hours cardiology turn-around time 12 hours Emergency turn-around time 36% –40 % annual data growth 9 TB long-term data archive Ü montefiore medical center BronX, n.y. montefiore.org This medical center, the University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, serves residents of the Bronx and Westchester County, N.Y., at 21 locations. The Montefiore system centers around three hospitals: the 726-bed Henry and Lucy Moses Division; the 396-bed Jack D. Weiler Hospital of the Albert Einstein; and the 106-bed Children’s Hospital at Montefiore which together provide more than 70,000 inpatient stays annually. The facility has achieved 97 percent digital imaging capability, as well as improving radiologist productivity by 12 percent. Information systems that share images with PACS CVIS, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, Emergency, Nuclear Medicine, Orthopedics, Radiation Therapy, RIS and Teleradiology 2,00 Physicians in network 96% –100 % Physicians in network with image access 80,000 annual imaging procedures 96% –100 % digital imaging systems procedures 6% –10 % annual increase in digital procedures 30,000 Monthly e-radiology reports viewed 4 hours radiology turn-around time 36 hours cardiology turn-around time 2 hours Emergency turn-around time 11% –1% annual data growth 116 TB long-term data archive 16 Health Imaging & IT | august 2008 Healthimaging.com http://www.mgh.harvard.edu/ http://midland-memorial.com http://montefiore.org http://Healthimaging.com

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