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Ü St. agnes hospital Baltimore, mD. stagnes.org This 323-bed, full-service teaching hospital, a member of Ascension Health, offers services for cancer, chest pain emergency, cardiovascular, minimally invasive surgery, telemedicine and women’s health. St. Agnes supports off-site facilities, including Seton Imaging Center and the Ellicott City Surgery Center. The hospital provides a range of radiology services, including 64-slice CT, diagnostic x-ray, PET/CT, ultrasound and MRI. St. Agnes’ adoption of digital imaging/digital image and data management led to a reduction of film budget from $400,000 to $30,000, while also reducing film file by two FTEs. Information systems that share images with PACS CVIS, CPOE, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, EHR/EMR, Emergency, Endoscopy/Gastroenterology, HIS, Laboratory/Pathology, Nuclear Medicine, Oncology, Orthopedics, Radiation Therapy, RIS, Surgery/OR, Teleradiology and Vascular 800 Physicians in network 96% –100 % Physicians in network with image access 120,000 annual imaging procedures 96% –100 % digital imaging systems procedures 0 % –% annual increase in digital procedures 10,000 Monthly e-radiology reports viewed 12 hours radiology turn-around time 24 hours cardiology turn-around time 30 min. Emergency turn-around time 21% –2% annual data growth 13 TB long-term data archive Ü university of pittsburgh medical center pit tSBurgh, pa. upmc.edu With 48,000 employees (including nearly 2,500 physicians), UPMC comprises 20 tertiary, specialty and community hospitals, 400 outpatient sites and doctors’ offices and long-term care facilities. The medical center offers imaging services at 43 locations throughout western Pennsylvania, to provide such diagnostic imaging procedures as 64-slice CT and wide-bore MRI, as well as on-site, sub-specialty radiologists. UPMC experienced improved patient care with digital imaging adoption, including reduced turn-around time from four days to three hours and decreased patient length of stay. Information systems that share images with PACS CVIS, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, Dermatology, Endoscopy/Gastroenterology, Nuclear Medicine, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, RIS, Surgery/OR, Teleradiology and Vascular 4,700 Physicians in network 96% –100 % Physicians in network with image access 1.8 million 96% –100 % annual imaging procedures digital imaging systems procedures 6% –10 % annual increase in digital procedures .4 Million 3 hours Monthly e-radiology reports viewed radiology turn-around time 20 hours cardiology turn-around time 2 hours Emergency turn-around time 0 % –% annual data growth 111 TB long-term data archive Ü WellSpan health york, pa. wellspan.org As a community-based, not-for-profit organization, this 634-bed integrated health system serves southcentral Pennsylvania. With two hospitals, York Hospital and Gettysburg Hospital, WellSpan has 63 additional sites in Adams and York counties, Pa., and Maryland. The health system recently moved from utilizing a private radiologist group to employing its own radiologists and the ability to load balance and read studies from anywhere. The images are consultative on high-resolution images, like CR or DR, but may be used diagnostically on low-resolution images such as CT, MRI, ultrasound or nuclear medicine. Information systems that share images with PACS CVIS, CPOE, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, EHR/EMR, Emergency, HIS, Nuclear Medicine, Oncology, Radiation Therapy, RIS, Surgery/OR, Teleradiology and Vascular 1,000 Physicians in network 96% –100 % Physicians in network with image access 480,000 annual imaging procedures 96% –100 % digital imaging systems procedures 6% –10 % annual increase in digital procedures 0,000 Monthly e-radiology reports viewed 9 hours radiology turn-around time 2 hours cardiology turn-around time 8 hours Emergency turn-around time 6% –10 % annual data growth 3 TB long-term data archive Healthimaging.com august 2008 | Health Imaging & IT 19 http://www.stagnes.org/ http://www.upmc.com/ http://wellspan.org http://Healthimaging.com

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