Andalusia Health Service Selects Accenture and Carestream for Digitizing Medical Imaging Across 1,600 Health FacilitiesNovember 11, 2014MedicalSeville Madrid, Nov. 11, 2014 – Andalusia Health Service has selected Accenture (NYSE ACN) and Carestream Health to deploy a picture archiving and communications
The newest RIS includes advanced functionality required by specific countries and regions, including a digital signature and a mammography double-blind reading workflow that manages all patient communications.
Enhancements include a slabbing tool, improved workflow capabilities and the display of DICOM-compliant 2D synthetic views.
The intuitive user interface includes a multilingual touch-screen user panel with a built-in “help interface” to simplify instruction, operation and user training.
Carestream scientists and researchers from prestigious medical schools will participate in four presentations at the 2014 Radiological Society of North America.
The cruise line will use the Carestream portal across its fleet to enhance on-board medical response and deliver diagnosis and therapeutic functions previously only possible on land.
A CARESTREAM DRX-Ascend System with a CARESTREAM DRX-1C detector was selected for use at its training and medical facility located at Levi’s® Stadium, which opened in August. The stadium is the new home of the 49ers and will serve as one of the world’s top outdoor sports and entertainment venues.
When coupled with Carestream’s MyVue patient portal, patients will be able to view their exam results; view future appointments and reschedule those appointments; and share their exam results with their primary care physicians.
Physicians from UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine will work with Carestream researchers to conduct clinical studies initially focused on the advantages of using cone beam CT (CBCT) technology
As direct replacements for existing CR radiography it is anticipated that dose reductions will also be achieved, both as a result of direct patient dose and as increased image quality will reduce the number of repeat exposures required.