As healthcare organizations plan for the future growth and integration of clinical
data into their IT ecosystems, it’s crucial to clearly define the functional requirements spanning the needs of users across the enterprise. This white paper provides an overview of the key functional requirements. To learn more visit carestream.com/clinical-collaboration
Imaging in the Cloud: A New Era for RadiologyCarestream
A look at how cloud computing is helping the medical imaging industry. The cloud is changing old mindsets, and allowing technologies, such as a vendor-neutral archive (VNA), to make health facilities more efficient and provide higher quality care.
Frost & Sullivan 2016 Innovation Award Research Summary for New Product Innov...Carestream
Frost and Sullivan’s 10-step process for evaluating candidates for the award.
Frost & Sullivan has awarded Carestream Health its 2016 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation Leadership for innovation focused on value-based imaging that solves real-life problems and addresses unmet customer needs. This document summarizes the research and processes used by F&S for naming the winner.
Learn more about Carestream Health's medical imaging products at http://www.carestream.com/medical
#Innovation
#Aim2innovate
#winner
I. What can be expected with Meaningful Use
II. Two possible workflows for compliance
III. Three components of Meaningful Use data
IV. What does Meaningful Use mean for radiology?
V. How CARESTREAM RIS can help
VI. Meaningful Use compliance with RIS
Additional Meaningful Use resources:
A. Meaningful Use Podcast Series
i. Keith Dreyer, DO, Ph.D, Massachusetts General Hospital
ii. Steven Fischer, CIO, Center for Diagnostic Imaging
B. Webinar
i. Keith Dreyer, DO, Ph.D, Massachusetts General Hospital
ii. Marjorie Calvetti, Administrative Director, Radiology, Memorial Medical Center
C. Whitepaper: Customizable CARESTREAM RIS Enables US Facilities to Meet Meaningful Use Requirements
For more about Carestream RIS, visit http://www.carestream.com/ris
Cloud eHealth in Medical Imaging & RadiologyCarestream
Cloud computing in medical imaging, with real life examples. Presentation given by Pierre Yves Nectoux, at the World of Health IT congress, in Barcelona Spain, on 15 March 2010. Presentation includes two case studies, as well as a general implementation example.
For more on the cloud, visit http://www.carestream.com/cloud
Prioritizing Access in Your VNA StrategyCarestream
http://www.vue-vna.com
Like a brain, VNA is an organizing force for your data. However, healthcare providers that purchase a vendor neutral archive merely to simplify IT hardware or consolidate radiology images, are not realizing VNA’s full potential. Early VNA adopters cite image sharing most important benefit. Learn how Carestream's VNA fuels enterprise image sharing for physicians and patients.
Presented at UKRC 2013, this presentation discusses healthcare needs, what vendor neutral archives are, and how to choose the right VNA supplier.
For more information on Carestream's Vue for VNA, visit http://carestream.com/vna
Imaging in the Cloud: A New Era for RadiologyCarestream
A look at how cloud computing is helping the medical imaging industry. The cloud is changing old mindsets, and allowing technologies, such as a vendor-neutral archive (VNA), to make health facilities more efficient and provide higher quality care.
Frost & Sullivan 2016 Innovation Award Research Summary for New Product Innov...Carestream
Frost and Sullivan’s 10-step process for evaluating candidates for the award.
Frost & Sullivan has awarded Carestream Health its 2016 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation Leadership for innovation focused on value-based imaging that solves real-life problems and addresses unmet customer needs. This document summarizes the research and processes used by F&S for naming the winner.
Learn more about Carestream Health's medical imaging products at http://www.carestream.com/medical
#Innovation
#Aim2innovate
#winner
I. What can be expected with Meaningful Use
II. Two possible workflows for compliance
III. Three components of Meaningful Use data
IV. What does Meaningful Use mean for radiology?
V. How CARESTREAM RIS can help
VI. Meaningful Use compliance with RIS
Additional Meaningful Use resources:
A. Meaningful Use Podcast Series
i. Keith Dreyer, DO, Ph.D, Massachusetts General Hospital
ii. Steven Fischer, CIO, Center for Diagnostic Imaging
B. Webinar
i. Keith Dreyer, DO, Ph.D, Massachusetts General Hospital
ii. Marjorie Calvetti, Administrative Director, Radiology, Memorial Medical Center
C. Whitepaper: Customizable CARESTREAM RIS Enables US Facilities to Meet Meaningful Use Requirements
For more about Carestream RIS, visit http://www.carestream.com/ris
Cloud eHealth in Medical Imaging & RadiologyCarestream
Cloud computing in medical imaging, with real life examples. Presentation given by Pierre Yves Nectoux, at the World of Health IT congress, in Barcelona Spain, on 15 March 2010. Presentation includes two case studies, as well as a general implementation example.
For more on the cloud, visit http://www.carestream.com/cloud
Prioritizing Access in Your VNA StrategyCarestream
http://www.vue-vna.com
Like a brain, VNA is an organizing force for your data. However, healthcare providers that purchase a vendor neutral archive merely to simplify IT hardware or consolidate radiology images, are not realizing VNA’s full potential. Early VNA adopters cite image sharing most important benefit. Learn how Carestream's VNA fuels enterprise image sharing for physicians and patients.
Presented at UKRC 2013, this presentation discusses healthcare needs, what vendor neutral archives are, and how to choose the right VNA supplier.
For more information on Carestream's Vue for VNA, visit http://carestream.com/vna
A Real-World Solution for Patient-Centric WorkflowCarestream
Vendor Neutral Archives can reduce costs and demands upon system administration while resolving enterprise clinical workflow challenges.
For more information, please visit: http://www.carestream.com/vna
Whitepaper: Leveraging the Cloud to Enhance an Enterprise Imaging StrategyCarestream
What is the cloud's future in imaging?
Enterprise imaging strategies are front and center in healthcare IT these days. The increasing sophistication of imaging technology has resulted in substantial increases in imaging data. The upside of this increase is that clinicians have more imaging information available to aid in diagnosis and treatment. www.carestream.com/cloud
Improve Patient Care and Reduce IT Costs with Vendor Neutral Archiving and Cl...EMC
This paper illustrates how Vendor Neutral Archive combined Atmos cloud storage enable healthcare organizations to break down PACS silos to reduce storage and archive costs, and provide secure, anywhere access to medical images on any device at the point of care.
Whitepaper : The Bridge From PACS to VNA: Scale Out Storage EMC
This whitepaper discusses how a vendor-neutral archive (VNA) for image archive and management requires a phased storage approach due to the capital and operational expenditures involved. The EMC Isilon scale-out approach provides a simple, predictable, and manageable path from PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System) to VNA.
Clinical Data Collaboration Across the EnterpriseCarestream
In addition to the CARESTREAM Vue PACS installed in 2003, the hospital has implemented full electronic ADT and paperless Ancillaries, EMR Adoption, full electronic medication CPOE and a Structured and Document Clinical Repository (connected to regional EHR).
Despite the completeness of this IT infrastructure, the hospital was still searching for an optimal solution for an integrated clinical image repository and distribution system.
To improve value and minimize patient exposure to ionizing
radiation, healthcare providers’ use of medical imaging must
be prudent and appropriate. The cornerstone of value-based
imaging is technology that provides broad access to patient
reports and images, enhancing communications among
physicians and with the patient while protecting patient data.
This is the role of the enterprise viewer. www.carestream.com/motion
Innovation in Enterprise Imaging: Clinical Context is What's NextTodd Winey
Clinicians have one word for what they want from your next generation enterprise imaging solutions. Context. A recent study in the Journal of Digital Imaging suggests that nearly 60% of radiology orders have no mention of important chronic conditions, calling it “an alarming lack of communication” that “may negatively impact interpretation quality.” Imaging orders such as “chest pain” or “lower abdominal pain,” for example, are essentially context free, giving clinicians little information to work with. Access to a complete clinical history behind those orders can help clinicians provide richer input for more accurate diagnoses and more effective care plans, along with results of the imaging study.
Healthcare Business Intelligence for Power UsersPerficient, Inc.
The Healthcare industry is accustomed to volumes of clinical and administrative data. Business intelligence helps convert these large amounts of data into actionable insights to reduce costs, streamline processes, and improve healthcare delivery. Our first webinar, “An Introduction to Business Intelligence for Healthcare,” introduces business intelligence in healthcare and common concepts.
In the second of this series of two webinars, Health BI Practice Manager, Mike Jenkins addresses:
- The BI Maturity Level
- Examples of Levels 3 and 4
- Attaining Level 5
Healthcare Business Intelligence & Analytics – A Dose of WellnessSPEC INDIA
As the Healthcare industry moves to the next level of offerings, data captured coupled with business intelligence & data analytics provides innovative solutions for this very dynamic industry relying heavily on contemporary techniques like mobile technologies, the Cloud and the IoT. Special solutions to cater to the mobile device management for healthcare too gain growing importance.
The need for cost optimizations all across, the requirements to gain insights into the very detailed parameters related to treatment plans and the administrative efforts to co-ordinate and keep these in sync is managed by Healthcare Business Intelligence solutions.
Get More Details on Business Intelligence for Healthcare Industry Here: http://blog.spec-india.com/healthcare-business-intelligence-analytics-dose-wellness/
The healthcare industry has traditionally been one of the slowest fields to adopt new technologies. This has to do with the fears around security and the privacy of patient data. Healthcare companies have always preferred to keep data behind a secure firewall or even onsite as opposed to maintaining it on something as intangible as the cloud. Kairos tells you how the disruption happened in Healthcare
Financial Implications for Integrating Carestream OnSight 3D Extremity System...Carestream
Carestream Health commissioned a working group of surgeons and administrators from four leading orthopedic practices to
evaluate the clinical application and economic impact of the OnSight 3D Extremity System. This paper outlines the results of that working group’s findings, including specific economic models for practices of various sizes and throughputs.
Consolidating and Standardizing Enterprise ImagingDiane Hunt, MBA
A healthcare marketing campaign called "Not What You Think", to drive hospital consolidation and standardization with Canon products. Developed by Diane Hunt, MBA and the Canon Team.
http://www.mach7t.com/ All paths to an enterprise-wide image management solution
need not be the same. From regional imaging centers to research hospitals, healthcare organizations like Radiology and Imaging Specialists, a leading radiology provider in central Florida, are evaluating their unique data management requirements and defining organization-specific strategies to gain control of patient data access, sharing and management.
Evaluating Enterprise Clinical Data-Management Systems at RSNA 2016Carestream
What are the essential capabilities to look for in an enterprise imaging system? It's complicated, but Carestream can help. Download and complete this checklist to rate each system you're considering. Then bring it to the Carestream booth in the South Hall at RSNA2016. We'll have a conversation over a fresh cup of coffee.
My presentation from SMX Israel 2015 outines 7 simple Facebook ad campaign optimization strategies and techniques to help you acquire more users from your ads and generate more ROI.
A Real-World Solution for Patient-Centric WorkflowCarestream
Vendor Neutral Archives can reduce costs and demands upon system administration while resolving enterprise clinical workflow challenges.
For more information, please visit: http://www.carestream.com/vna
Whitepaper: Leveraging the Cloud to Enhance an Enterprise Imaging StrategyCarestream
What is the cloud's future in imaging?
Enterprise imaging strategies are front and center in healthcare IT these days. The increasing sophistication of imaging technology has resulted in substantial increases in imaging data. The upside of this increase is that clinicians have more imaging information available to aid in diagnosis and treatment. www.carestream.com/cloud
Improve Patient Care and Reduce IT Costs with Vendor Neutral Archiving and Cl...EMC
This paper illustrates how Vendor Neutral Archive combined Atmos cloud storage enable healthcare organizations to break down PACS silos to reduce storage and archive costs, and provide secure, anywhere access to medical images on any device at the point of care.
Whitepaper : The Bridge From PACS to VNA: Scale Out Storage EMC
This whitepaper discusses how a vendor-neutral archive (VNA) for image archive and management requires a phased storage approach due to the capital and operational expenditures involved. The EMC Isilon scale-out approach provides a simple, predictable, and manageable path from PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System) to VNA.
Clinical Data Collaboration Across the EnterpriseCarestream
In addition to the CARESTREAM Vue PACS installed in 2003, the hospital has implemented full electronic ADT and paperless Ancillaries, EMR Adoption, full electronic medication CPOE and a Structured and Document Clinical Repository (connected to regional EHR).
Despite the completeness of this IT infrastructure, the hospital was still searching for an optimal solution for an integrated clinical image repository and distribution system.
To improve value and minimize patient exposure to ionizing
radiation, healthcare providers’ use of medical imaging must
be prudent and appropriate. The cornerstone of value-based
imaging is technology that provides broad access to patient
reports and images, enhancing communications among
physicians and with the patient while protecting patient data.
This is the role of the enterprise viewer. www.carestream.com/motion
Innovation in Enterprise Imaging: Clinical Context is What's NextTodd Winey
Clinicians have one word for what they want from your next generation enterprise imaging solutions. Context. A recent study in the Journal of Digital Imaging suggests that nearly 60% of radiology orders have no mention of important chronic conditions, calling it “an alarming lack of communication” that “may negatively impact interpretation quality.” Imaging orders such as “chest pain” or “lower abdominal pain,” for example, are essentially context free, giving clinicians little information to work with. Access to a complete clinical history behind those orders can help clinicians provide richer input for more accurate diagnoses and more effective care plans, along with results of the imaging study.
Healthcare Business Intelligence for Power UsersPerficient, Inc.
The Healthcare industry is accustomed to volumes of clinical and administrative data. Business intelligence helps convert these large amounts of data into actionable insights to reduce costs, streamline processes, and improve healthcare delivery. Our first webinar, “An Introduction to Business Intelligence for Healthcare,” introduces business intelligence in healthcare and common concepts.
In the second of this series of two webinars, Health BI Practice Manager, Mike Jenkins addresses:
- The BI Maturity Level
- Examples of Levels 3 and 4
- Attaining Level 5
Healthcare Business Intelligence & Analytics – A Dose of WellnessSPEC INDIA
As the Healthcare industry moves to the next level of offerings, data captured coupled with business intelligence & data analytics provides innovative solutions for this very dynamic industry relying heavily on contemporary techniques like mobile technologies, the Cloud and the IoT. Special solutions to cater to the mobile device management for healthcare too gain growing importance.
The need for cost optimizations all across, the requirements to gain insights into the very detailed parameters related to treatment plans and the administrative efforts to co-ordinate and keep these in sync is managed by Healthcare Business Intelligence solutions.
Get More Details on Business Intelligence for Healthcare Industry Here: http://blog.spec-india.com/healthcare-business-intelligence-analytics-dose-wellness/
The healthcare industry has traditionally been one of the slowest fields to adopt new technologies. This has to do with the fears around security and the privacy of patient data. Healthcare companies have always preferred to keep data behind a secure firewall or even onsite as opposed to maintaining it on something as intangible as the cloud. Kairos tells you how the disruption happened in Healthcare
Financial Implications for Integrating Carestream OnSight 3D Extremity System...Carestream
Carestream Health commissioned a working group of surgeons and administrators from four leading orthopedic practices to
evaluate the clinical application and economic impact of the OnSight 3D Extremity System. This paper outlines the results of that working group’s findings, including specific economic models for practices of various sizes and throughputs.
Consolidating and Standardizing Enterprise ImagingDiane Hunt, MBA
A healthcare marketing campaign called "Not What You Think", to drive hospital consolidation and standardization with Canon products. Developed by Diane Hunt, MBA and the Canon Team.
http://www.mach7t.com/ All paths to an enterprise-wide image management solution
need not be the same. From regional imaging centers to research hospitals, healthcare organizations like Radiology and Imaging Specialists, a leading radiology provider in central Florida, are evaluating their unique data management requirements and defining organization-specific strategies to gain control of patient data access, sharing and management.
Evaluating Enterprise Clinical Data-Management Systems at RSNA 2016Carestream
What are the essential capabilities to look for in an enterprise imaging system? It's complicated, but Carestream can help. Download and complete this checklist to rate each system you're considering. Then bring it to the Carestream booth in the South Hall at RSNA2016. We'll have a conversation over a fresh cup of coffee.
My presentation from SMX Israel 2015 outines 7 simple Facebook ad campaign optimization strategies and techniques to help you acquire more users from your ads and generate more ROI.
[BoardgameVN] Luật chơi Dead Man's Draw - Cú rút bài của người chếtBoardgameVN
Link chi tiết: http://boardgame.vn/all-games/dead-mans-draw-400
Dead Man's Draw dành cho 2-4 người chơi chỉ trong vòng 10-15 phút. Các người chơi sẽ lần lượt rút bài kết hợp với kỹ năng đặc biệt của mình để thu được nhiều kho báu nhất. Tuy nhiên nếu bạn quá tham lam thì sẽ bị trừng phạt.
Trong lượt chơi của mình, bạn có thể rút lá đầu tiên từ chồng bài và sử dụng năng lực đặc biệt của nó. Lượt chơi của bạn không kết thúc cho đến khi bạn quyết định dừng lượt. Bạn có thể rút bao nhiêu lá tuỳ thích, tuy nhiên nếu lá vừa rút được trùng với bất cứ lá nào trước đó thì bạn sẽ bị mất toàn bộ lá trong vùng chơi. Biết điểm dừng và dự trữ các lá bài của mình hợp lý là điểm quan trọng nhất trong Dead Man's Draw. Tuy nhiên nếu bạn không dám thử vận may của mình thì sẽ bị đối phương chiếm hết khó báu.
Trò chơi kết thúc khi chồng bài rút đã hết và người chiến thắng là người có tổng điểm cao nhất từ những lá bài lớn nhất của mỗi bộ.
To better understand how professionals around the globe are reshaping their professional brands for the modern workplace, we surveyed over 15,000 professionals in 19 countries for our New Norms @Work study. This is what we found: https://lnkd.in/Newnormsworkblog.
LinkedIn Quiz: Which Parent Are You When It Comes to Helping Guide Your Child...LinkedIn
Lighthouse, Helicopter or Free-range? Take this quiz to find out what your parenting style is when your children have flown the nest and started their career.
Join LinkedIn's Bring In Your Parents Day on November 5 -- learn out more at biyp.linkedin.com or join the social conversation using #BIYP.
40% of professionals admit they find it hard to describe what they do for a living. We're here to help. Find out how to tell your #workstory: http://lnkd.in/LIworkstory
The LinkedIn Guide to the Perfect #WorkSelfieLinkedIn
Your LinkedIn profile is 14x more likely to be viewed simply by adding a profile photo. Follow these tips to take the perfect #WorkSelfie for your LinkedIn profile.
Illustration of Hospital IT Management System Software InterfaceHospi Product
The illustration showcases the user interface of a sophisticated Hospital IT Management System Software. The screen displays a modern dashboard with intuitive icons and data visualizations.
Avoid PRM failures by avoiding ensuring it's not simply a repository for documenting simple tasks. PRM failures occur when the IT solutions only serves to document activities instead of serving to streamline the physician experience.
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: FEATURES, REQUIREMENTS AND BENEFITSwatercolorphotography
Are you looking for important information on how to set up a hospital management system? Good news, you found it! This article will inform you about the main features of Hospital Management Software (HMS), its main purpose, requirements and users. You will also learn about issues that developers of such a system commonly face, such as technical issues and related solutions.
Modernizing Legacy Systems in Healthcare: A Comprehensive GuideLucy Zeniffer
Modernizing Legacy Systems in Healthcare: A Comprehensive Guide" offers practical insights into upgrading outdated healthcare technology. Exploring strategies, challenges, and benefits, this guide empowers healthcare professionals with the knowledge to navigate the complexities of system modernization. From enhancing efficiency to improving patient care, it provides a roadmap for embracing innovation in healthcare IT infrastructure.
Learn How ProHealth Care is Innovating Population Health Management with Clin...Perficient, Inc.
Christine Bessler, CIO at ProHealth Care,demonstrates how ProHealth Care became the first healthcare system to produce reports and data out of Epic's Cogito data warehouse in a production environment. In this slideshare, you'll learn:
How they delivered clinically integrated insights to 460 physicians
How access to analytics allows their physicians to easily see which patients need important health screenings or care interventions, setting the stage for enhanced preventive care and better management of chronic diseases
ProHealth Care's strategy to integrate data from Epic with information from other EMRs and data sources to deliver clinically integrated business intelligence
How the organization is positioning itself to deliver against an advanced self-service BI capability in the future
Affordable Digital Upgrade for Medical Imaging - the Benefits and the Return ...Carestream
s your imaging facility using analog X-ray film and chemistry? Do you want to improve workflow and image quality - and save costs? Watch this informative presentation that explains the improvements in workflow and image quality, and shares results from an independent study by NHS UK on the measurable results in productivity. You can learn more about Carestream's affordable digital upgrade solutions here https://www.carestream.com/en/us/medical/dr-systems/mobile-x-ray/dr-retrofit-solutions #analogtodigital #digitalupgrade #affordabledigitalimaging #crtodr #medicalimaging #xrayimaging #diagnosticimaging #carestreamtalks
Digital Tomosynthesis: Theory of OperationCarestream
Digital Tomosynthesis (DT) is a new radiographic imaging technique that is revived from the nearly century-old traditional film-screen tomography. This rejuvenation is all made possible by the recent advances in high frame-rate, high-sensitivity flat-panel digital radiographic detector, rapid pulsed-exposure sequence-capable high-frequency x-ray generator, the widely available and low-cost computer GPU processing power, and the precision motion controls built in the digital radiography system hardware. Read the white paper.
Tube and Line and Pneumothorax Visualization SoftwareCarestream
Carestream has implemented companion views in its digital
radiography systems. A companion view is designed to
complement the standard processed radiographic image
delivered from the digital radiography capture modality to
PACS, to provide an additional rendering tailored for the visual
interpretation needed for a specific diagnostic or clinical
purpose. Two companion views are available in Carestream
products for chest radiography: one for the optimal
visualization of tubes and lines in chest radiographs
(CARESTREAM Tube & Line Visualization Software), and the
other for enhancing the conspicuity of a pneumothorax
(CARESTREAM Pneumothorax Visualization Software).
EVP Plus Software delivers state-of-the-art image processing for CR and DR sy...Carestream
Radiographic technologists expect a high degree of
automation and efficiency in the technology they use in their
daily workflow, which means they expect minimal interaction
with the technology’s modality software. At the same time,
radiologists also need the flexibility to specify their site’s
individualized diagnostic viewing preferences. The CARESTREAM DirectView EVP Plus Software successfully
overcomes this challenge for digital-projection radiography.
EVP Plus automatically processes and delivers diagnostic-quality DR and CR images to PACS, based on look preferences that can be uniquely specified by each site.
Dose Efficient Dual Energy Subtraction Radiography - Theory of OperationsCarestream
Dual energy digital radiography is an imaging technique that takes advantage of the differential, energy-dependent absorption properties of bone and soft tissue structures in human anatomy. By capturing two radiographic images of a patient in rapid succession, one at a relatively lower energy X-ray exposure and a second at a relatively higher energy, it is possible to mathematically derive a soft tissue-only image with bone structures removed, and a corresponding bone-only image. Read the white paper.
Smart Noise Cancellation Processing: New Level of Clarity in Digital RadiographyCarestream
Smart Noise Cancellation significantly reduces noise in diagnostic images while retaining fine spatial detail –there is no degradation of anatomical sharpness. When SNC is applied, it produces images that are significantly clearer than with standard processing. It also provides better contrast-to-noise ratio for images acquired at a broad range of exposures.
Special Report: Challenges and Solutions in Pediatric X-rayCarestream
Now more than ever, there is widespread focus on
the level of radiation received by pediatric patients
during imaging. In this special report, we explore both the challenges and potential solutions in contemporary pediatric imaging.
Special Report: Getting the Optimal Return on X-ray EquipmentCarestream
Radiology administrators need to meticulously analyze their spending to get the best possible return on their investment in medical imaging equipment. In this special report, we explore several approaches to get the maximum return on this important capital investment.
The Pursuit of Excellence in Image QualityCarestream
The accuracy of a medical diagnosis can only be as solid as the quality of the X-ray images. In this special report, we look at several ways that imaging facilities can improve their ability to capture pristine radiographs.
Whitepaper: Healthcare Data Migration - Top 10 Questions Carestream
Healthcare data migration is a challenging and critical undertaking. What do IT managers need to know before getting started? Read our white paper on the top 10 questions – and answers – you need to know before starting a healthcare data migration.
Whitepaper: Image Quality Impact of SmartGrid Processing in Bedside Chest Ima...Carestream
Scattered radiation is known to degrade image quality in
diagnostic X-ray imaging. A new image processing tool, SmartGrid, has been developed that compensates for the effects of X-ray scatter in an image, and produces results comparable to those of a physical antiscatter grid. Read the white paper to learn more.
La Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica (SERAM) ha publicado recientemente el documento “Guía para la renovación y actualización tecnológica en radiología”, en el que se hace un análisis de la situación de los equipos de imagen médica en España.
When evaluating cloud-based services, no issue is more
critical than data security. Cloud-based services today can
be compared to internet banking. Consumers were initially
afraid that online banking would make them more vulnerable
to fraud or identity theft. But as online security technologies
and processes have improved, online banking is now
actually safer than getting paper statements in the mail.
Sunway Medical Centre Installs CARESTREAM Vue PACS to Streamline Imaging Proc...Carestream
Sunway Medical Centre in Malaysia replaced its legacy solution with a CARESTREAM Vue PACS to gain new innovative features and functionality. The radiology department is using Vue PACS to help provide better patient care,
enhance clinical accuracy, and improve productivity.
White Paper: The Benefits of Mobile X-rays in Thoracic and Cardiac CareCarestream
Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital authored this study/article on the indications and common problems for performing mobile chest radiography, the benefits of using CARESTREAM DRX-Revolution digital mobile machines, and the importance of using a structured technique to achieve an optimum mobile chest image. It also explores the hybrid examination currently utilised at LHCH in performing PA mobile chest radiographs on thoracic patients in the ward environment. For more information on CARESTREAM's mobile x-ray systems, visit http://www.carestream.com/motion-mobile/
Study: University Clinic, Regensburg, Evaluates Smart Flow in UltrasoundCarestream
The University Clinic, Regensburg, evaluated the Touch Prime Ultrasound System's Smart Flow technology and its touch screen user interface. The university documented Improvements in presentation of flow, and ease of functionality.
3 Reasons to Visit Carestream at RSNA2016 #RNSA16Carestream
Going to RSNA 2016? Here's three reasons why radiologists and health IT professionals will find it worthwhile to visit Carestream's booth in the South Hall at the show.
How many patients does case series should have In comparison to case reports.pdfpubrica101
Pubrica’s team of researchers and writers create scientific and medical research articles, which may be important resources for authors and practitioners. Pubrica medical writers assist you in creating and revising the introduction by alerting the reader to gaps in the chosen study subject. Our professionals understand the order in which the hypothesis topic is followed by the broad subject, the issue, and the backdrop.
https://pubrica.com/academy/case-study-or-series/how-many-patients-does-case-series-should-have-in-comparison-to-case-reports/
Global launch of the Healthy Ageing and Prevention Index 2nd wave – alongside...ILC- UK
The Healthy Ageing and Prevention Index is an online tool created by ILC that ranks countries on six metrics including, life span, health span, work span, income, environmental performance, and happiness. The Index helps us understand how well countries have adapted to longevity and inform decision makers on what must be done to maximise the economic benefits that comes with living well for longer.
Alongside the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva on 28 May 2024, we launched the second version of our Index, allowing us to track progress and give new insights into what needs to be done to keep populations healthier for longer.
The speakers included:
Professor Orazio Schillaci, Minister of Health, Italy
Dr Hans Groth, Chairman of the Board, World Demographic & Ageing Forum
Professor Ilona Kickbusch, Founder and Chair, Global Health Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute and co-chair, World Health Summit Council
Dr Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Director, Country Health Policies and Systems Division, World Health Organisation EURO
Dr Marta Lomazzi, Executive Manager, World Federation of Public Health Associations
Dr Shyam Bishen, Head, Centre for Health and Healthcare and Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum
Dr Karin Tegmark Wisell, Director General, Public Health Agency of Sweden
CHAPTER 1 SEMESTER V PREVENTIVE-PEDIATRICS.pdfSachin Sharma
This content provides an overview of preventive pediatrics. It defines preventive pediatrics as preventing disease and promoting children's physical, mental, and social well-being to achieve positive health. It discusses antenatal, postnatal, and social preventive pediatrics. It also covers various child health programs like immunization, breastfeeding, ICDS, and the roles of organizations like WHO, UNICEF, and nurses in preventive pediatrics.
CHAPTER 1 SEMESTER V - ROLE OF PEADIATRIC NURSE.pdfSachin Sharma
Pediatric nurses play a vital role in the health and well-being of children. Their responsibilities are wide-ranging, and their objectives can be categorized into several key areas:
1. Direct Patient Care:
Objective: Provide comprehensive and compassionate care to infants, children, and adolescents in various healthcare settings (hospitals, clinics, etc.).
This includes tasks like:
Monitoring vital signs and physical condition.
Administering medications and treatments.
Performing procedures as directed by doctors.
Assisting with daily living activities (bathing, feeding).
Providing emotional support and pain management.
2. Health Promotion and Education:
Objective: Promote healthy behaviors and educate children, families, and communities about preventive healthcare.
This includes tasks like:
Administering vaccinations.
Providing education on nutrition, hygiene, and development.
Offering breastfeeding and childbirth support.
Counseling families on safety and injury prevention.
3. Collaboration and Advocacy:
Objective: Collaborate effectively with doctors, social workers, therapists, and other healthcare professionals to ensure coordinated care for children.
Objective: Advocate for the rights and best interests of their patients, especially when children cannot speak for themselves.
This includes tasks like:
Communicating effectively with healthcare teams.
Identifying and addressing potential risks to child welfare.
Educating families about their child's condition and treatment options.
4. Professional Development and Research:
Objective: Stay up-to-date on the latest advancements in pediatric healthcare through continuing education and research.
Objective: Contribute to improving the quality of care for children by participating in research initiatives.
This includes tasks like:
Attending workshops and conferences on pediatric nursing.
Participating in clinical trials related to child health.
Implementing evidence-based practices into their daily routines.
By fulfilling these objectives, pediatric nurses play a crucial role in ensuring the optimal health and well-being of children throughout all stages of their development.
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Normal defecation begins with movement in the left colon, moving stool toward the anus. When stool reaches the rectum, the distention causes relaxation of the internal sphincter and an awareness of the need to defecate. At the time of defecation, the external sphincter relaxes, and abdominal muscles contract, increasing intrarectal pressure and forcing the stool out
The Valsalva maneuver exerts pressure to expel faeces through a voluntary contraction of the abdominal muscles while maintaining forced expiration against a closed airway. Patients with cardiovascular disease, glaucoma, increased intracranial pressure, or a new surgical wound are at greater risk for cardiac dysrhythmias and elevated blood pressure with the Valsalva maneuver and need to avoid straining to pass the stool.
Normal defecation is painless, resulting in passage of soft, formed stool
CONSTIPATION
Constipation is a symptom, not a disease. Improper diet, reduced fluid intake, lack of exercise, and certain medications can cause constipation. For example, patients receiving opiates for pain after surgery often require a stool softener or laxative to prevent constipation. The signs of constipation include infrequent bowel movements (less than every 3 days), difficulty passing stools, excessive straining, inability to defecate at will, and hard feaces
IMPACTION
Fecal impaction results from unrelieved constipation. It is a collection of hardened feces wedged in the rectum that a person cannot expel. In cases of severe impaction the mass extends up into the sigmoid colon.
DIARRHEA
Diarrhea is an increase in the number of stools and the passage of liquid, unformed feces. It is associated with disorders affecting digestion, absorption, and secretion in the GI tract. Intestinal contents pass through the small and large intestine too quickly to allow for the usual absorption of fluid and nutrients. Irritation within the colon results in increased mucus secretion. As a result, feces become watery, and the patient is unable to control the urge to defecate. Normally an anal bag is safe and effective in long-term treatment of patients with fecal incontinence at home, in hospice, or in the hospital. Fecal incontinence is expensive and a potentially dangerous condition in terms of contamination and risk of skin ulceration
HEMORRHOIDS
Hemorrhoids are dilated, engorged veins in the lining of the rectum. They are either external or internal.
FLATULENCE
As gas accumulates in the lumen of the intestines, the bowel wall stretches and distends (flatulence). It is a common cause of abdominal fullness, pain, and cramping. Normally intestinal gas escapes through the mouth (belching) or the anus (passing of flatus)
FECAL INCONTINENCE
Fecal incontinence is the inability to control passage of feces and gas from the anus. Incontinence harms a patient’s body image
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White paper: Functional Requirements for Enterprise Clinical Data Management: Solving Technical Problems, Satisfying User Needs
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Functional Requirements for Enterprise Clinical
Data Management: Solving Technical Problems,
Satisfying User Needs
All around the world, regulatory requirements and market forces are driving a
growing demand for higher-quality, more-efficient healthcare – supported by
integrated IT systems that better serve the needs of every stakeholder.
Healthcare IT managers are looking for innovative ways to reduce costs and
increase operational efficiency across the healthcare system – not just at the
departmental level. They’re also looking to offer better support for the
organization’s core mission to provide multidisciplinary care of the highest
quality.
As healthcare organizations plan for the future growth and integration of clinical
data into their IT ecosystems, it’s crucial to clearly define the functional
requirements spanning the needs of users across the enterprise. This white paper
provides an overview of the key functional requirements that must be built
around four distinct modules:
• Data ingestion and capture
• Clinical acquisition management
• Enterprise repository
• Collaboration
When the requirements for each of these modules are met, everyone in the
enterprise can work together – without barriers – to cost-effectively deliver the
highest standard of care.
Why Defining Functional Requirements Matters
Well-defined functional requirements specify exactly what IT systems need to
accomplish in each department and across the healthcare organization, and
delineate specific metrics for success.
If the organization is drafting a request for proposal (RFP), functional
requirements help frame the core questions posed in the RFP. If the organization
already has one or more preferred vendors, functional requirements define the
capabilities that must be provided to advance interoperability and accessibility.
And if the organization wants to plan for growth and change, functional
requirements define the standards that must be met to ensure future
compatibility and minimize disruption.
Healthcare enterprises that have built departmental, EMR/EHR, administrative
and other systems on an as-needed basis over many years may not have a
consistent, overarching view of the entire ecosystem. The process of developing
functional requirements brings clarity to an enterprise’s current capabilities and
provides a roadmap for optimizing them with each new IT investment.
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Through the process of developing functional requirements, stakeholders gain
insight into the workflow needs of various clinical service lines such as radiology,
cardiology, dermatology, endoscopy, orthopaedics and so on. They identify the
capabilities and limitations of existing systems, and the areas where
customization, integration or possibly replacement will be required to optimize
systems for clinical data management. And they can begin work on building a
unified, patient-centered view of clinical information to support higher-quality,
more efficient care.
Those are just a few reasons why developing a complete set of functional
requirements is important. By going through the exercise of developing
functional requirements, healthcare organizations can fully understand where
they are today, where they want to go tomorrow and what it will take to get
there.
Who Needs to Be Involved
Everyone in the organization who has a stake in the quality, integration and
availability of clinical information – or in the technologies needed to capture,
manage, store and deliver it – should have representation on the team tasked
with developing functional requirements. This typically includes:
• The CIO or CMIO, who has primary responsibility for ensuring IT solutions
throughout the enterprise are efficient, effective and well-integrated.
• The IT staff, including medical engineers charged with managing and
optimizing specific equipment and processes.
• C-level leadership, such as the CEO, CFO and COO, who are responsible for
approving IT projects and purchases.
• Departmental specialists, technicians and staff who can provide input on
their workflow requirements as well as the interactions with other
departments needed to support integrated clinical pathways for effective,
multidisciplinary care.
• End users – including physicians, nurses, administrators, payers and patient
representatives – who need access to clinical images for any purpose and can
act as advocates for their specific access and contextual needs. Although
these are not the ultimate decision-makers, they are key end users. The
system that best meets their day-to-day needs will likely provide the greatest
payback by supporting more efficient, effective healthcare delivery.
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Exploring the Four Crucial Modules
Again, functional requirements should be developed around these four modules:
1. Data Capture and Ingestion: Efficient acquisition of clinical images and
documents
2. Clinical Acquisition Management: Providing data with a meaningful context
for searching and interpretation
3. Archive: Appropriate storage of the data at each stage of its useful life
4. Collaboration: Data sharing, reporting and analysis to suit the needs of
multidisciplinary teams as well as individual stakeholders
Here’s a high-level look at the functional requirements that should be defined
for each of these four modules.
Module 1: Data Capture and Ingestion
Defining functional requirements begins with asking the right questions. While
the following list is not comprehensive, the requirements for data capture and
ingestion are based on a discovery process that begins with questions such as:
• How are images currently being acquired by each department? What devices
are being used? What image formats do they produce – for example, JPG,
MOV, MP4, PDF, CCD or ECG? What departmental standards are in place,
if any, for distributing and viewing images? Does the department use the
DICOM standard, a non-DICOM method such as ODF, or view images only
within the department on dedicated equipment?
• Outside of imaging departments, what other methods are being used to
capture clinically relevant images? For example, are doctors using
smartphone or tablet cameras and accessories (such as a microscope
adapter) to capture images in remote and rural locations? How are the
images analyzed? Is there a system in place for storing these images
alongside clinical images from traditional departments and associating all
images with the correct patient?
• What are the workflows defined for each department to schedule
appointments and exams, capture images, attach clinical notes, associate
clinical data with the patient record and ingest the information into
departmental and/or enterprise archiving systems?
• In departments where workflows are inconsistent or possibly nonexistent,
how can standardized workflows be developed that will serve the
department’s needs? What information and processes need to be captured
on each department’s worklists?
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• If clinical data is being stored locally or managed in a nonstandard way,
what protocols need to be implemented to allow for centralized storage and
management? How can legacy, proprietary as well as unstructured data be
converted for storage and access using standard formats and protocols?
• Are there physical images and documents that need to be digitized and
imported into the system? What processes are in place, or need to be
developed, for doing this in a standardized way?
Based on the answers to questions like these, healthcare organizations can
develop a set of functional requirements that clarify how different devices and
workflows should be fine-tuned and harmonized to allow for efficient capture
and ingestion of data within a central clinical records system – while preserving
departmental autonomy.
Functional requirements for the first module primarily serve the needs of IT
managers tasked with managing the connections used to inject clinical data into
a centralized system – even when the data is being captured by departments
that do not currently manage it in a standardized way. Although IT is the
primary beneficiary of this module, department heads and staff are also crucial
stakeholders, since the decisions made here will affect the workflows they use.
Module 2: Clinical Acquisition Management
As clinical images, documents and other data are acquired and ingested into the
system, there needs to be a way to consistently provide the data with a
meaningful context to make it searchable and assist in appropriate interpretation
for various types of users. Some of the questions to ask in formulating
requirements for clinical acquisition management include:
• How are clinical images, physician notes and other related data from each
departmental source associated with a unique patient record? Do records
need to be integrated with a Master Patient Index (MPI)? Which
departments make this association as part of a well-defined workflow, and
which do not? Is there a need to integrate with IHE-XDS workflow? Where
do technologies and processes need to be implemented to ensure these
linkages?
• Who are the key stakeholders who will need to search for and interpret
clinical data for their specific purposes – for example, individual physicians,
multidisciplinary care teams, hospital administrators, researchers, payers
and patients? What kinds of images does each user group need to see, how
can they efficiently search for images, and what contextual information
needs to be provided to help them interpret and use clinical data
appropriately for their individual needs?
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• What facilities and functions need to be served? For example, do
telemedicine services require the provision of images with additional context
to facilitate correct interpretation, such as indicating the body location of a
close-up dermatology image? Is there contextual information that should be
required to assist payers in determining reimbursements efficiently?
• What are the important details to capture about the patient, the exam, the
image-capture equipment and settings, the image format and the clinical
features of the image itself?
• What types of information might be superfluous or add little value and
could therefore be excluded from the image context?
These questions guide the development of functional requirements for the
contextual data that accompanies various types of clinical images – including
whether each data item is required or optional, whether it is structured or
unstructured, its format, and so on. Because these decisions affect departmental
workflows, as well as the searchability and usability of clinical information, key
stakeholders for this module include representatives of each department and
each user group as well as IT managers.
For more detail on evaluating the levels, types and formats of contextual data
that may be required, refer to our white paper, “Metadata: Creating Meaningful
Access to Clinical Images and Data for Any User.”
Module 3: Archive
To enable cross-enterprise collaboration around clinical images, healthcare
organizations need to implement a central, vendor-neutral archive (VNA) to
complement or replace department-specific and often proprietary picture
archiving and communication systems (PACS). These are some of the questions
that should be addressed in developing functional requirements for the VNA:
• What are the needs for interoperability? How will systems from multiple
departments and vendors be accommodated to enable centralized archiving
of clinical images and data? What imaging standards, communication
protocols and adapters need to be supported? See our white paper,
“Interoperability: Connecting the Healthcare Enterprise to Deliver Responsive
Patient Care,” for a more detailed discussion.
• How will data be migrated from older systems to the new archive? And if
the archive is replaced by another vendor’s system at some point in the
future, how will the data be migrated and accessed? Is the system open and
standards-based, so that existing databases can be used, or will
time-consuming and expensive data conversions be required?
• What are the requirements for flexibility and scalability? Will the archive
easily accommodate changes in the environment, such as migrating data to
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different storage platforms or adding new imaging modalities? Will it
accommodate production growth as well as new expansions, mergers,
acquisitions and partnerships?
• What are the needs for system availability, backups and disaster recovery?
What measures need to be in place – such as redundant and offsite storage
– to ensure data is always safeguarded and available to support critical
workflows?
• What are the requirements for managing clinical data over its lifecycle – from
when the image is first archived during an episode of care, through diagnosis
and treatment, to medium- and long-term storage as part of a longitudinal
patient record? What is the appropriate balance at each stage between quick
access and affordable storage space? Will different storage tiers be
structured around different models, such as enterprise-owned, remotely
managed or cloud-based storage services?
• How will data quality and consistency be ensured? Will the VNA be required
to perform tag morphing when legacy data and connected systems do not
provide fully compliant HL7/DICOM transactions? How will data from every
source be normalized and tagged for sharing with other systems? How will
non-DICOM, unstructured data and proprietary formats be handled?
• Will ownership of data remain with the source system, with any changes
made there captured reliably in the archive? How can data conflicts be
avoided and managed? How will patients be consistently matched when
they may have been assigned multiple IDs over different episodes and
locations of care?
• How will the VNA provide for security and patient privacy? How will access
control be defined for various user groups and data sets? What
authentication standards and procedures will be used? How will
communication channels be secured? Will anonymization be required, for
example when sharing data externally for research purposes? What reports
will be required for audits and how will they be made available?
These are some of the core questions to ask in order to bring functional
requirements for the VNA into focus. There are many more areas to explore
about the capture workflow, quality control and metadata management,
reporting for various purposes, device-independent viewing, usability factors for
each user group and other issues. Because functional requirements for the VNA
must address such a wide range of needs, virtually every type of stakeholder
should be represented in the decision-making process.
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Module 4: Collaboration: Data Sharing, Reporting and Analysis
With the fourth module, we come to the ultimate purpose of an enterprise-wide
clinical information management system: Providing the right images and
documents to the right people when and where they need them, in a context
and format they can use to help deliver more efficient, higher-quality care. The
first three modules all support this goal, but functional requirements still need to
be developed to specify how clinical information will be accessed and viewed.
Examples of key questions to ask include:
• Who are all the user groups that will need access to clinical data and
reports, and what are their specific format and presentation requirements?
For example, what do various types of clinicians need to see versus the
information required by administrators, payers, patients and other user
groups? What are the requirements for clinical versus business- or
system-oriented data?
• What types of information need to be available in real time to aid business
decision-making, and what types can be mineable for ongoing monitoring
on a monthly, quarterly or yearly basis? For example, what are the
accessibility needs for information such as patient wait time versus quality
reports for reimbursement?
• How can all the data formats in the VNA and all the presentation formats
required by different user groups be accommodated? Which users and
applications can be served by a general-purpose universal viewer, and what
department- and applications-specific viewers also need to be supported?
How can the most users be accommodated without unnecessary disruption
and investment?
• If Web-based technology is used as a universal method to distribute and
view clinical data, what security policies and access controls will be required?
Will doctors, patients or other users be permitted to download, print and
share information more widely? What sharing is permitted per local privacy
regulations, and how will the system enforce this?
• What rights do patients have to access their own information and permit or
block other users who wish to see it? Will patients have the ability to upload
their historical data so that, for example, a new doctor can review it
prior to a scheduled appointment?
• Will views of clinical information be incorporated into the EMR/EHR system
to allow a complete view of clinical images and documents alongside
history, admitting, diagnostic, treatment and other patient information?
How will this be accomplished? Will users be able to select a patient in the
EMR/EHR and directly access workflows and clinical information from there?
• How will clinical workflows be supported? Will the entire pathway be
captured and accessible from the beginning, with seamless updates as new
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information is captured and ingested for the patient? What different
displays will be required, for example, to view pathways by date or by
department?
• How will data enable new services for your organization – for example, to
support patient transfers, offer second opinions, promote remote
consultations, enable new telemedicine services to rural clinics, and so on?
• How will data be shared beyond the organization – for example, to support
a regional healthcare system, an accountable care organization (ACO), or a
population management program? If multiple organizations with their own
managed archives need to collaborate, how will patient and clinical
information be requested and shared?
• How will mobile devices be supported, controlled and secured? What
capabilities will be permitted on enterprise-owned and personal devices?
What applications will play a role, now or in the future, for various types
of users?
While this list of questions is far from complete, the common theme for the
collaboration module is serving the different needs of all users while ensuring
the consistency, integrity and security of clinical data. Key stakeholders are user
representatives, IT managers and C-level decision makers.
The Role of Carestream Health
Healthcare organizations – especially as they grow – have historically addressed
IT issues as they arise using an available, targeted solution. Collaborative
capabilities are structurally limited as departments and technologies have
evolved in different ways, at different rates. The healthcare IT challenges of our
time are to bridge diverse data formats, communication protocols and user
needs to support collaborative efficiency and quality across the healthcare
ecosystem.
Carestream specializes in helping organizations bring context, accessibility and
relevance to their clinical data. We understand the role played by established
standards such as IHE, HL7, FHIR, DICOM, XDS-I and others, as well as the need
to bring nonstandard systems and data into the collaborative environment. Just
as important, we understand the needs of clinicians, patients, administrators and
other stakeholders – each seeking to contribute in their own way to better
healthcare.
Our Clinical Collaboration Platform was developed to provide answers to the
kinds of questions we’ve asked in this white paper – the questions you’ll be
asking as you develop functional requirements for your clinical information
systems.
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We designed the Clinical Collaboration Platform with modules that can be used
individually or together to address each of the four topics we’ve discussed here.
Through our leadership in analyzing and addressing the functional requirements
of the connected, collaborative healthcare enterprise, no one is better positioned
to help you analyze your needs than Carestream Health.
Whether or not you are a current customer, whether or not you choose
Carestream for your future needs, let us help you fine-tune and address your
unique functional requirements.
To learn more and contact Carestream for a consultation, visit us at:
www.carestream.com/collaboration