New Software Solution Facilitates Secure Data Aggregation from Existing Hospital IT Systems

A medical imaging systems and Information Technology (IT) solutions provider has demonstrated how its advanced healthcare IT software solutions can facilitate high-quality imaging access, and improved data sharing with existing Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) platforms, and Vendor-Neutral Archive (VNA) departmental systems.

The company showcased its enterprise viewer and clinical data sharing platform at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) conference on May 28–30, 2015, in Washington DC (USA). The viewer is certified by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical reading, and enables clinicians to view reports and related imaging data on mobile devices on-site or off-site.


The Clinical Collaboration Platform and Vue Motion viewer were developed by Carestream (Rochester, NY, USA), one of the first VNA suppliers to implement the new Health Level 7 (HL7) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) framework. Carestream will also demonstrate its use of Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) profiles with the Vue Connect to link PACS systems from different sites and create an enterprise-wide workflow. The software enables managers to add new sites, and synchronize all sites, independent of regardless of network speed, PACS vendor, the age of the system, or the location.

The Clinical Collaboration Platform is designed to complement a provider’s existing departmental PACS or VNA archive and offers a series of optional modules to bring unstructured data into the clinical workflow, and improve the delivery of patient images and reports to clinicians, and to patients.

Cristine Kao, global marketing director for Healthcare Information Solutions in Carestream, said, “Efficient management of patient medical data must include all types of images, which is difficult because image data is currently stored in diverse formats in a variety of departmental systems. It’s important to select a viewer that offers FDA clearance for clinical reading and is approved for use on popular tablets, phones and other mobile devices. The FDA clearance indicates that the viewer has demonstrated its ability to maintain data integrity for each approved device. Using the latest interoperability standards allows data to be aggregated, which creates a more holistic view of the patient. This can also mitigate the need for expensive data migration from older systems by federating multiple devices.”

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