Mobile and Web Capture Imaging Clinical Information System Developed for Smart Phones, Tablets

New on-the-go mobile medical image capture and secure management technology offers clinical applicability to the medical “selfie,” [a self-portrait].

New mobile and web capture technology extends Agfa HealthCare’s (Mortsel, Belgium) imaging clinical information system (ICIS) interoperable enterprise imaging platform to mobile image capture devices, including Apple iPhone, Apple iPad, and Google Android mobile digital devices.

Easy-to-use mobile interface and HTML5 design enables physicians, caregivers, and patients to access and capture medical images at 24/7, from any location, while securely publishing clinically indexed data to the electronic health record (EHR). Flexible workflow and patient-centric data allow service lines across the enterprise to optimize the delivery of healthcare, both within and outside the hospital.

The ICIS Mobile and Web Capture enable physicians, caregivers, and patients to publish clinically pertinent medical images from mobile and web-based devices to a securely indexed entry within a patient’s EHR. In doing so, the technology promotes increased physician-to-physician engagement across departments and beyond the hospital’s walls, while generating an environment that empowers patients to become more informed and involved in the care management process.

“Mobile technology is now widespread within the healthcare space with physicians frequently using their mobile phones or tablets to record patient data and connect with the EHR,” stated Lenny J. Reznik, director, enterprise imaging and information solutions, Agfa HealthCare North America. “ICIS’s new mobile and web capture technology is designed to leverage this trend to improve the delivery of care and reduce cost by uniting the convenience and immediacy of mobile computing with the power of the ICIS enterprise imaging platform. Now, ICIS enables clinicians, as well as their patients, to use mobile devices to capture, access, and index medical images and videos within the EHR.”

ICIS now incorporates an HTML5 web-based mobile interface with a flexible workflow and comprehensive metadata to allow streamlined accessibility while providing scalability to meet the requirements of various departments within the hospital. Mr. Reznik continued, “ICIS’s easy to use mobile interface also empowers patients to become involved in their medical care—allowing them to take medical ‘selfies’ as needed, reducing unnecessary and costly visits. For instance, with ICIS, a patient being treated for a diabetic foot ulcer now has the ability to produce and share relevant wound images within a highly secure application, enabling the physician to monitor the treatment progress without the need for repeated visits to an examination room.”

Exploiting the power of ICIS, Agfa HealthCare’s enterprise imaging platform, and the flexibility of ICIS View, Agfa HealthCare’s web-based universal viewer, ICIS’s mobile and web capture technology provides enhanced viewing, sharing, and integration across mobile platforms, of images from all sources securely accessible on a single mobile-based viewer.

Key features of ICIS Mobile and Web Capture now include secure access, including from mobile devices, to imaging data from different departments to those who require it: clinicians, referring physicians, and patients; the ability to view images from multiple sources, within a single, patient-centric mobile setting; streamlined integration in the EHR and interoperability with solutions from major vendors; and a highly intuitive interface that uses familiar, two-finger mobile device motions and supports quick response (QR) codes for quick image sharing with referring physicians or patients.

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