Case Studies

Enterprise imaging has been increasing the efficiency of imagers, physicians and caregivers needing quick and easy access to multi-ology images and reports. But by adding content services, healthcare systems are seeing even more benefits: Namely reducing the time it takes physicians to find key patient images, data and information and saving healthcare systems money.

Four leading physicians in intracardiac echocardiography talk about the milestones achieved with ACUSON AcuNav 2D and 4D intracardiac echo catheters over the last 24 years.

When the time came to select new angiography equipment at Benefis Health System in Montana, Michael Eisenhauer, MD, named three attributes the new suite would have to deliver without compromise. Number 1 was image quality. Number 2 was image quality. Number 3? Say it one more time.

Michael Morris, MD, director of Cardiac MR and Cardiac CT at Banner Health and Wesley O'Neal, MD, director of cardiac CT and nuclear cardiology at Cone Health, discuss the results of SMART-CT Study.

Dr. Kroman, DO, PhD, cardiac electrophysiologist and director of the lead management program at Medical University of South Carolina, speaks about the PaceMate system as an integral part of her device clinic and overall lead management. She expressed the benefit of using the data-rich PaceMateLIVE platform to inform her lead management and research program.

Now that hospitals and health systems are finally maximizing the electronic health record, AGFA HealthCare North America President Mark Burgess wants to make sure that they’re not missing out on another critical digital element of connected care: enterprise imaging, including the company’s breakthrough technology enabling the Imaging Health Network™. Think of it as meaningful use taking on the efficient management of medical imaging.

Change is on the horizon for cath labs all over the world as more and more interventional cardiologists are starting to use coronary CT angiography to plan and guide PCI procedures. Patients, physicians, catheterization labs and healthcare systems all stand to gain from this growing trend.

The radiologists at San Luis Diagnostic Center, a multimodality outpatient facility in California, are happy to do it all: mammography, CT scans, ultrasound, X-rays, MRI, and more. There’s one aspect of their radiology practice that they’re excited to hand off, however: billing and negotiations with third-party payers. Especially now that they’re sure they’re getting paid for all of their exams and interpretations, and at a market rate.

Identifying patients with severe aortic stenosis who could potentially benefit from transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is very important—but managing and tracking them over time can be quite a challenge.

When the ACC and AHA collaborated on new valvular heart disease guidelines in 2020, the two groups highlighted the importance of interventional treatment options such as TAVR. However, an estimated one-third of patients with severe aortic stenosis in the U.S. still lack a guideline-recommended treatment plan.

Shimadzu Medical Systems USA released the latest version of its Trinias angiography system at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2022 meeting to address radiation concerns and to help improve workflow.
 

Steve Jobs once famously said that you have to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology. I am a strong believer in this mantra as it serves imaging providers very well when we think of our radiologists as our “internal customers.” How can we create a better work experience? Where can we remove annoyances, eliminate distractions, or improve efficiency?