MORTSEL, Belgium and GREENVILLE, South Carolina, January 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
With Enterprise Imaging, the health system will be able to consolidate medical images and information and streamline hardware and storage capacity while eliminating data silos and strengthening data security. GHS had an existing relationship with Agfa for medical image management, but is migrating to Enterprise Imaging to not only upgrade its capabilities and replace other vendor's products, but to provide better communication between healthcare providers all along the patient care continuum.
GHS, like most healthcare systems in the United States, faces an enterprise-wide challenge to provide efficient and secure clinical imaging workflow processes and related technologies to a new generation of imaging producers while complying with regulatory standards, enhancing clinical collaboration and reducing the cost of imaging storage. GHS purchased the entire suite of Enterprise Imaging solutions, which include:
"Our immediate need was to replace a legacy storage archive system. Rather than solving just that problem and buying only a VNA, we stepped back and took a broader perspective in consideration of patient care operations, organizational growth and strategic support of our population health care model," said Rich Rogers, chief information officer for Greenville Health System. "“Consolidating all of our medical imaging IT systems on a single platform solution that could scale, enable greater clinical efficiency and reduce cost was the right decision for us."
"This relationship means that patients in the Upstate of South Carolina, and in some cases beyond, will benefit from the efficiencies and fast information access that Greenville Health System will realize with Agfa's single platform solution," said Frank Pecaitis, senior vice president, North America Sales at Agfa HealthCare. "At the other end of the image is the patient, and fast, efficient capture of images and exchange of information will help clinicians, no matter their specialty or location, with that important image transaction to enhance the care of every patient, every day."
GHS is an academic health system and the largest not-for-profit healthcare delivery system in South Carolina. The 1,358-bed system is home to 15 medical residency and fellowship programs.
For an image, courtesy of Agfa HealthCare, with this press release click here
About Agfa HealthCare
Agfa HealthCare, present in one hospital out of two, is a leading provider of eHealth & Digital Imaging solutions. Care organizations in over 100 countries rely on Agfa HealthCare to optimize their efficiency and improve patient care.
Miriam Ladin Director, Marketing Communications,Americas T +1-401-604-2203 [email protected]
SOURCE Agfa HealthCare
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- Greenville Health System chose a complete platform approach with Agfa HealthCare's Enterprise Imaging
- The platform consolidates imaging data from multiple service lines and provides secure access to a patient's medical images, in one view, accessible 'anywhere, anytime'.
- The agreement includes an upgrade and expansion of an existing relationship with Agfa.
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With Enterprise Imaging, the health system will be able to consolidate medical images and information and streamline hardware and storage capacity while eliminating data silos and strengthening data security. GHS had an existing relationship with Agfa for medical image management, but is migrating to Enterprise Imaging to not only upgrade its capabilities and replace other vendor's products, but to provide better communication between healthcare providers all along the patient care continuum.
GHS, like most healthcare systems in the United States, faces an enterprise-wide challenge to provide efficient and secure clinical imaging workflow processes and related technologies to a new generation of imaging producers while complying with regulatory standards, enhancing clinical collaboration and reducing the cost of imaging storage. GHS purchased the entire suite of Enterprise Imaging solutions, which include:
- Enterprise Imaging Vendor-Neutral Archive (VNA) - consolidates imaging data from multiple systems, departments, facilities and vendors into a central clinical data foundation.
- Enterprise Imaging for Cardiology and Radiology
- Enterprise Imaging Exchange - allows fast, secure, reliable transfer of patient studies.
- Web-based XERO® universal image viewer - provides secure access to DICOM and non-DICOM imaging data from different departments and multiple sources, in one view, to clinicians inside and outside of the hospital.
- Standardized Departmental Workflows which allow all image-producing service lines to capture and associate imaging studies with an episode of care, with appropriate image descriptors.
"Our immediate need was to replace a legacy storage archive system. Rather than solving just that problem and buying only a VNA, we stepped back and took a broader perspective in consideration of patient care operations, organizational growth and strategic support of our population health care model," said Rich Rogers, chief information officer for Greenville Health System. "“Consolidating all of our medical imaging IT systems on a single platform solution that could scale, enable greater clinical efficiency and reduce cost was the right decision for us."
"This relationship means that patients in the Upstate of South Carolina, and in some cases beyond, will benefit from the efficiencies and fast information access that Greenville Health System will realize with Agfa's single platform solution," said Frank Pecaitis, senior vice president, North America Sales at Agfa HealthCare. "At the other end of the image is the patient, and fast, efficient capture of images and exchange of information will help clinicians, no matter their specialty or location, with that important image transaction to enhance the care of every patient, every day."
GHS is an academic health system and the largest not-for-profit healthcare delivery system in South Carolina. The 1,358-bed system is home to 15 medical residency and fellowship programs.
For an image, courtesy of Agfa HealthCare, with this press release click here
About Agfa HealthCare
Agfa HealthCare, present in one hospital out of two, is a leading provider of eHealth & Digital Imaging solutions. Care organizations in over 100 countries rely on Agfa HealthCare to optimize their efficiency and improve patient care.
Miriam Ladin Director, Marketing Communications,Americas T +1-401-604-2203 [email protected]
SOURCE Agfa HealthCare
