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13 November 2002
SCIMAGE’S ENTERPRISE SOLUTION ALLOWS FIVE CARDIOLOGY DEPARTMENTS TO SHARE PATIENT IMAGES AND INFORMATION SAFELY, SECURELY AND EFFICIENTLY
Los Altos, CA November 13, 2002 — ScImage announced today that BJC HealthCare, as part of an expansive 10-year integration and renovation project, has recently purchased and installed ScImage’s Third Generation, Web-enabled PICOMEnterprise information and image management distribution solution. ScImage’s PICOMEnterprise and other ScImage technologies serve 16 Cath labs at five facilities within BJC, including Missouri Baptist Medical Center, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Boone Hospital Center and two physician-owned outpatient cath labs. These five facilities perform approximately 20,000 procedures annually.
PICOMEnterprise enables BJC HealthCare providers to capture and store information, images, patient demographics, reports, waveforms or any other information regarding the patient’s clinical data. Procedural studies are collected and stored in a patient-centric, electronic medical record called the Electronic Patient Folder that can be viewed securely from PICOMEnterprise, anywhere the care giver requires access, using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher.
The installation has created a large integrated network that is used by more than 250 cardiologists, surgeons, residents and attending physicians. Physicians using the PICOMEnterprise system are able to exchange imaging data with participating facilities in the BJC network using secure, hierarchical log-ins. Frank Reed, who is the Barnes Jewish Hospital Cardiac Cath Lab Technology Manager says, “BJC HealthCare is a complex network that is composed of multiple hospitals and hundreds of physicians. We needed a solution that could provide timely access to patients’ images and information from multiple labs and multiple hospitals using one common solution. ScImage is helping us accomplish that task.”
Dr. Megumi Taniuchi, Associate Director of the Cardiac Cath Lab, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, appreciates the flexibility that PICOMEnterprise provides and praises its efficiency. He states, “A Study from a patient receiving a diagnostic Cardiac Cath Procedure at The Heart Care Institute 15 miles away can immediately be reviewed in the cath lab at Barnes-Jewish Hospital for immediate physician consultation. The increase in efficiency with PICOMEnterprise allows more timely clinical decisions and development of effective treatment plans. The result is enhanced patient care and communication among physicians.”
Security concerns, as they relate to HIPAA (The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996), are laid to rest due to the hierarchical access protocols that are standard within PICOMEnterprise. Administrators are given the option of creating several types of users within BJC from administrator, to super-user, to referring physician, to patient. The architecture of PICOMEnterprise provides a central administration point that simplifies the process of maintaining and updating the system. Scott Couts, Program Manager for Clinical Engineering, agrees, “The architecture of PICOMEnterprise gives us the flexibility to administer and maintain the technology from anywhere within the BJC Health System network, without interrupting the clinicians’ case load.”
About Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Barnes-Jewish Hospital is the largest hospital in Missouri and the primary adult teaching hospital of Washington University School of Medicine, one of the top five schools of medicine in the country. Heart Services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital is the only heart program in Missouri and Illinois nationally ranked in the top 10 by US News & World Report. As the leading cardiac catheterization service in the St. Louis area, the Washington University cardiologists at Barnes-Jewish Hospital provide a wide range of diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions for patients with coronary artery and valvular disease.
About Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Missouri Baptist Medical Center is a 489-bed acute-care hospital in west St. Louis County that offers a full continuum of medical and surgical services, including areas of focus in cardiac and vascular, cancer, ortho/neuro, GI and obstetrics services.
The Cardiac & Vascular Center at Missouri Baptist Medical Center is a full-service cardiac and cardiovascular surgery center that is recognized regionally and nationally for comprehensive, high quality and cost-effective services that focus on prevention, diagnosis, intervention and rehabilitation.
In July 2002, Missouri Baptist Medical Center was selected by the American Hospital Association to be the recipient of the first-ever American Hospital Quest for Quality Prize in recognition of its achievements in the areas of patient safety and quality.
About Boone Hospital Center
Boone Hospital Center is a 367-bed full service hospital in Columbia, MO. It is a regional referral center located in the center of the Missouri. The hospital provides progressive healthcare programs, services, and technology to people in 26 mid-Missouri counties.
About the Heart Care Institute at Barnes Jewish West County Hospital
The Heart Care Institute brings together the spectrum of heart-related outpatient services, all under one roof. Nestled within a peaceful, park-like setting, HCI offers a more relaxing way to receive comprehensive cardiovascular care. From prevention to diagnostics to rehabilitation, The Heart Care Institute has the technology, staff and expertise patients need for a total approach to heart care.
About ScImage
ScImage, Inc. is a privately held company, headquartered in Los Altos, California. ScImage is a global leader in the development and manufacturing of advanced medical imaging technology and information management workflow solutions for cardiology and radiology. The mission of ScImage is to Improve Healthcare through Innovation by developing diagnosis-enhancing software, multi-modality image and information integration, data warehousing solutions and providing location independent, and multi-directional information delivery pathways throughout the healthcare continuum. PICOM, PICOMOnline, EPF, and NetraMD are trademarks of ScImage, Inc. For more information on ScImage, visit their website at www.scimage.com or call 1-866-SCIMAGE.
For more information contact:
Christian Carr
650-694-4858 ext.146
www.scimage.com
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