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table of contents Working Smart Healthcare is working smarter—from bettering clinician communication and increasing radiologist and surgeon productivity to improving radiology department workflow and easier physician 3D data manipulation and surgical planning. RIS-centric workflow is one tool that’s allowing healthcare enterprises, not just radiology departments, to work smarter. It’s the gold standard; the benefits are real. For example, Montefiore Medical Center has seen radiologist productivity increases of 20 to 25 percent. Cancer-care stand-out Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center completes about 305,500 imaging studies annually, but also imports images from other facilities. Here, integrating RIS and PACS means one user interface that also includes embedded dictation. Another fiscal challenge that has made radiology smarter is cuts in reimbursement resulting from the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA). Diversifying revenue streams, increasing procedure volume, decreasing staff and upgrading technology are among the strategies working for Radiology and Imaging Specialists of Lakeland, Fla. Scottsdale Medical Imaging is another imaging center group thriving, even in the wake of DRA. A solid IT infrastructure supports RIS-driven RIS/ PACS workflow and 15 percent annual growth, with no increase in radiology staff. Similar efficiency is being gained at Blount Memorial Hospital. The key to finding the right system for them started with cross-disciplinary teamwork and training, IT department involvement and carefully eyeing contract details. The devil may be in the details, but getting them right is smart business. Mary C. Tierney, Editorial Director mtierney@trimedmedia.com Integrating RIS/PACS for the Enterprise NOvEMbER 2007 Case study › MONTEfIORE MEdICAl CENTER 02 Integrated RIS/PACS: by beth Walsh Making Work Flow Case study › MEMORIAl SlOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER 06 Singular Benefits: by lisa fratt Integrated RIS/PACS Delivers 09 Imaging Center Battle Strategies: Combating DRA by lisa fratt Case study › SCOTTSdAlE MEdICAl IMAGING lTd. 10 Spurring Reading Efficiency in a Large Imaging Center Group by Amy buttell Crane 13 Creating the by lisa fratt Global Imaging Record Case study › blOuNT MEMORIAl HOSPITAl 14 RIS/PACS for the by Sarah lamberti Community Hospital Single Vendor vs. Best of Breed by leslie K. Anderson 16 What’s the Best? Editorial Office: 235 Promenade St., Suite 455 Providence, RI 02908 401 383 5660 | Editor@HealthImaging.com Copyright ©2007 by TriMed Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form is forbidden without permission. The information, opinions and statements expressed in the articles and advertisements herein are those of the writer and/or advertiser. Health Imaging & IT, GE Healthcare and HP make no representation as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in the articles. GE and HP’s sponsorship is not intended to convey endorsement of or affiliation with the authors. A supplement to Sponsored by an educational grant from & HealthImaging.com Integrating RIS/PACS for the Enterprise http://HealthImaging.com

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Health Imaging & IT – Integrating RIS/PACS for the Enterprise Table of Contents Integrated RIS/PACS: Making Work Flow Singular Benefits: Integrated RIS/PACS Delivers Imaging Center Battle Strategies: Combating DRA Spurring Reading Efficiency in a Large Imaging Center Group Creating the Global Imaging Record RIS/PACS for the Community Hospital What’s the Best? Single Vendor vs. Best of Breed

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