Is there finally a way to get different PACS platforms to share information effectively?

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We are all familiar with the problem: Hospitals cannot easily share medical imaging exams because different vendors’ PACS platforms cannot easily communicate with each other. Radiologists are then forced to use different health care sites or workstations to read exams.

This is not exactly a model for efficiency, but a better solution may finally be at hand.

Carestream Health’s new SuperPACS Architecture™ will allow radiologists to read from a unified worklist of imaging studies that is created from multiple vendors’ PACS located throughout the enterprise. This new solution syncs up patient data and imaging information from different PACS into a central database and then creates a single patient worklist that can be read from any onsite or remote location.

This can enhance radiologist productivity and streamline the delivery of radiology reports to clinicians and referring physicians. Ultimately patients can benefit from faster access to treatment. Healthcare providers can achieve greater workflow efficiencies and reduced costs through shared utilization of personnel and equipment.

Would your facility benefit from this new architecture? Have you already designed a way to link imaging studies from disparate PACS platforms? Let us know what you think.

Joe Maune, Worldwide Manager, Digital Medical Solutions, Marketing Initiatives