Image interoperability on show

Visitors to UKRC this year were able to take part in the first globally distributed demonstration of a PACS interoperability initiative. Linda Davidson reports.

Making PACS the repository for all medical images

‘CHIMERA’ is an acronym to watch in the development of PACS technology use. Linda Davidson explains.

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Carestream Latest KODAK CARESTREAM Information Management Solutions

Carestream Health is working with hospitals across the UK to provide solutions that assist with every step of the migration path to a fully digital workflow.

The latest version of KODAK CARESTREAM Information Management Solutions (IMS) is now available offering more convenient viewing of medical imaging exams and documents, in addition to managing and storing these files through a centralised database. Patient data such as laboratory and pathology reports and video files can be viewed side-by-side with DICOM imaging studies through a virtual desktop. This simplified access to patient data can enhance the diagnostic process and simultaneously deliver improved productivity.

See our latest solutions at JFR, Paris in October and the World of Health IT, Copenhagen in November.

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Agfa HealthCare is a leading provider of IT-enabled clinical workflow and image management solutions plus, of course, state of the art systems for capturing, processing, archiving and printing images in hospitals and healthcare facilities, both public and private throughout the UK and Ireland. The Company has over a century of experience in diagnostic imaging and has been a pioneer in the healthcare IT market since the early 1990's and an innovator in many imaging technologies since establishing the first colour dye factory near Berlin in 1867. Today Agfa HealthCare has sales offices and representation in over 100 markets worldwide and is the European leader in PACS / RIS solutions, one of the three PACS suppliers to the Connecting for Health programme and a leading supplier of enterprise IT solutions (Orbis EPR solutions) with over 850 European hospital installations.

E-mail: alan.budge@agfa.com
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Philips Speech recognition–based information capturing in RIS / PACS

SpeechMagic provides industrial-grade speech recognition for accurate, convenient and efficient information capturing in RIS / PACS. Leading healthcare IT providers seamlessly integrate SpeechMagic to help radiologists improve the availability and quality of medical reports. As a result, validated information can be quickly accessed, is shareable and searchable. This provides a reliable basis for clinicians and referring physicians to continue treatment. Radiologists can choose whether to immediately edit the recognized dictation themselves or have it automatically forwarded to a medical editor for proofreading. SpeechMagic has been designed to support the hospital-wide deployment of speech recognition across all medical specialties and is the only Citrix Ready technology in its field.

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