Partnership to Provide RIS with PACS Interfaces

By MedImaging staff writers
Posted on 03 Nov 2006

With a new radiology information system (RIS), users are able to maximize income, enhance profitability, improve productivity, and deliver excellent relationship-based service to their customers. Furthermore, other features of this RIS include a billing component, voice recognition capabilities, dictation, enterprise reports, and picture archiving and communication system (PACS) interfaces.

InStar Systems International, Inc. (Colorado Springs, CO, USA), a provider of a range of radiology practice management systems for the diagnostic imaging industry, has entered into an agreement with Texas Healthcare Network (THN; Austin, TX, USA) for the provision of the RIS. Under the agreement, THN, which provides an array of technologies to healthcare organizations with less than 200 beds in Texas, will make InStar's RIS available to its member base. This will enable more than 50 member organizations covered under the THN umbrella to easily access InStar's RIS, as needed, through a co-op of information technology services offered through THN.

Randy Zunke, president of THN, added, "We are very excited to bring our members and customers a world-class RIS solution via InStar. Its robust features include exceptional functionality and total ease of use. It also easily integrates with other PACS and health information systems we offer, which all contribute to lower implementation costs for our members. This is a significant advantage that will aid our members in their quest to enhance productivity and contain costs.”

In 2005, InStar Systems was rated the best overall RIS for the ambulatory care/free-standing imaging marketplace by KLAS in its "Comprehensive Radiology Information Systems Report.” KLAS is a research and consulting firm specializing in both monitoring and reporting on the performance of healthcare information technology (HIT) vendors as well as healthcare professional services vendors, firms, and organizations.

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