Health Imaging & IT - October 2007 - (Page 68) people & technology by Justine Cadet Smart Media CDs on the go Two Arizona imaging groups show the need for speed and efficiency in burning CDs for patients and physicians on the move. Accessibility does not seem to be a problem at Sun Health, because Ronen says that any physician who has access to a normal PC with a CD drive can view the images. In addition to a convenient means of transporting images, Ronen says that “Sorna’s new technology also allows us to include the printed radiologist’s report on the CD as an additional folder for the doctor to open. Sorna goes into the RIS and pulls the report for that study and attaches to the CD as a supplementary folder.” Ronen accentuates the ease of accessibility of the “new Sorna software, [with which] users can create and print any CD in any of the five facilities of Sun Health because it links the entire Sun Health enterprise.” imaging it in scottsdale w hen patients at Sun Health Medical Centers in Phoenix need to take their images with them, a CD is the solution. This group made up of two hospitals and three health clinics, utilizes a variety of CD burners to accommodate patient and physician image needs, particularly in light of their large percentage of transitory patients. And need for CDs on the go can be large as each year the facilities perform approximately 300,000 imaging procedures in a wide range of modalities, except mammography. Sun Health has opted for a variety of burners made by Sorna, including two Sorna 26is a single input bin system with CD or DVD for moderate volume production, which they got when the facilities installed PACS two years ago. And more recently, they’ve brought online for the outpatient clinics three Sorna eXpedo XR1s, hands-on or web-activated com68 O C T O B E R 2 0 07 | Health Imaging & IT pact, fully integrated, automated DICOM CD/DVD publishing systems. “The new eXpedo system is quite fast, and allows you to give the patients their records instantly, which is particularly convenient for Arizona’s large contingent of traveling patients,” says PACS Administrator Micha Ronen. The Sorna technology also presents a cost-effective means of creating, storing and transporting secured medical information. “One single CD containing 500 medical images costs about 45 cents, whereas film costs of that Sun Health Medical Centers in Pheonix, Ariz. uses many images would estimate Sorna technology for CD burning. about $70. Plus, it reduces the size of shipments tremendously,” notes Ronen. In the Sun Health facilities, about 90 percent of imaging procedures are filmless, and of the remaining 10 percent, only 5 percent of the patients still receive paper. “The ability to accurately produce discs quickly and efficiently, to easily configure the print design and add the company logo to the discs, to prioritize urgent exams, to anonymize patient demographics, to import DICOM functionality, and a user-friendly interface for our employees,” are the reasons that PACS Administrator Andrea Gold of Scottsdale Medical Imaging (SMIL) in Arizona, utilizes the DatCard Systems’ PACScube. SMIL is a free-standing physician-owned and operated practice, made up 10 imaging centers and 45 radiologists. Together, the facilities perform approximately 250,000 imaging procedures yearly in all HealthImaging.com http://HealthImaging.com
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