PACS’ Universal Viewer Integrates Visualization, Intelligent Productivity Tools for Breast Imaging and Oncology Applications

With a new picture archiving and communication system (PACS) with a universal viewer, clinical insights are put within reach to help radiologists and referring physicians deliver patient results efficiently. The universal viewer combines sophisticated visualization, intelligent productivity tools, and multimodality workflow for breast imaging and oncology all within one intuitive workspace that can be accessed anywhere, anytime.

Centricity Clinical Archive, developed by GE Healthcare (Chalfont St. Giles, UK), comprises a range of products and services designed to provide an end-to-end solution. Dissimilar to vendor-neutral archives (VNAs) that only support departmental Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) consolidation, Centricity Clinical Archive unifies patients’ images and documents across the care range, helping clinicians make informed decisions with greater efficiency.

GE Healthcare’s excellence in radiology informatics was recently recognized when honored by Frost & Sullivan’s (Mountain View, CA, USA) 2013 North American Company of the Year Award in Radiology Informatics.

“We are honored to receive this distinctive recognition from Frost & Sullivan,” said Michael Jackman, vice president and general manager of GE healthcare IT. “Our team is focused on building world-class products for Enterprise Imaging and it’s very exciting to receive acknowledgement from thought leaders in healthcare for our efforts.”

Based on its recent analysis of the radiology informatics market, Frost & Sullivan in particular underlined GE’s research and development investments, which resulted in the launch of two important new products in 2012: its Universal Viewer, and Centricity Clinical Archive systems.

“GE Healthcare’s upgraded solution set is in perfect alignment with the evolving end-user demands and various directions being taken on by imaging providers in the US market today. Combining top-quality service, high performance and technology innovation, GE Healthcare’s Centricity imaging solutions, in use by over 3,000 organizations, have a proven track record of allowing providers to lower cost of ownership today, while preparing for the challenges of the future,” said Frost & Sullivan principal analyst Nadim Daher. “This upgraded value proposition exemplifies GE Healthcare’s renewed vision and focus on delivering innovative radiology informatics solutions as one way of helping providers transition to an integrated collaborative care model.”

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