HIMSS 2010 Featured Products
Solving the Tough Problems in Health Information Exchange
Merge Healthcare has been building solutions to some of the toughest current problems in health information exchange. At HIMSS 2010, we are excited to re-energize HIT professionals in both the provider and vendor worlds with these new solutions that solve challenges in:
Interoperability
Cedara WebAccess™ delivers critical diagnostic results throughout the continuum of care. The powerful combination of standards-based interoperability, open web services architecture and zero-client presentation delivers the ability to present any clinical document integrated in an patient chart or physician portal system. Images and XDS documents are queried from any number of archives to present a longitudinal view of patient’s history and deliver image presentation over the web, on any device, including smart phones. By utilizing Merge’s integration architecture, EMR/EHR vendors enjoy a hands off approach when it comes to the technical intricacies of DICOM/XDS standards. IT Integrators benefit from the ease of implementation for any type of health enterprise solution.
Image Management and Distribution
You’ve invested in terabytes of storage, workstations and workflow and now you need your PACS to interoperate with your EMR, Practice Management Systems and your emerging patient-centric portal strategy. Avoid the cost and headaches associated with a PACS migration by leveraging the newest imaging technologies for interoperability. FusionWeb Clinician Access Portal™ is a true no-client solution with interactive imaging capabilities that you have to see to believe. Avoid the hassles of ActiveX controls, downloads and constant battles with browser compatibility. FusionWeb can turn your legacy PACS into an imaging interoperability portal for all of your systems. In combination with our Fusion RIS/PACS MX (now with integrated billing) and hosted applications through cloud computing, you have a complete image management solution.
Mobile Strategy
Now you can add medical imaging to your mobile strategy. Your medical staff is always on the go, so providing the infrastructure for their clinical needs is a continual challenge. eFilm Mobile™* puts their imaging workstation right in their pocket. In tandem with the latest version of eFilm Workstation, this "app" allows clinicians to review images from your PACS on their Apple iPhone™ or iPod® touch no matter where they are.
Workflow
CADstream®, the standard of care in MRI-CAD for breast and prostate studies, now includes an application designed specifically for the liver. MRI is a vital imaging tool for the evaluation, assessment and management of the liver. CADstream’s liver application dramatically reduces study processing and physician interpretation time, while improving study reporting. Building on the success of CADstream for breast and prostate MRI, Merge now offers a new application to automate and standardize the analysis and interpretation of liver MRI studies. CADstream for liver MRI will help practices lower costs, increase referrals and improve physician-patient communication.
Surgical Records
Merge Healthcare’s Frontiers AIMS™ is designed to fully automate the perioperative continuum by providing Anesthesiologists, nurses, CRNAs, Pre-Surgical Testing staff, etc. easy to use systems by which the documentation process occurs. The sidecar appliance, by which the clinicians easily enter information, streamlines the documentation process, prevents tiresome “hunting and pecking,” and eliminates the amount of outside support necessary to maintain the system. From the beginning of the workflow process which includes the Frontiers Patient Portal*, an integrated solution with user designed workflow to manage the complexities of preparing patients for surgery, through the interoperative and PACU environments, the tools provided in Frontiers expedite delivery of care, ensure compliance, significantly increase reimbursement and lower overhead.
Integration
NEW Merge EMPI™ enables health care organizations to identify, match and aggregate disparate patient records from multiple systems into a common data store. The solution, coupled with Merge’s zero footprint imaging, creates a "single version of the truth" by facilitating access to a patient’s complete medical record. Our EMPI enables collaboration across the health care continuum, without requiring clinicians to learn multiple systems or requiring significant IT involvement.
Patient Engagement
Today’s patients are more Web savvy and want to be involved in managing their care. The Merge Patient Kiosk™* is a unique solution that simplifies processes in order to increase patient satisfaction, while also driving cost savings for your organization. This solution allows patients to control their onsite experience, from checking in to viewing bills and providing payment to scanning cards and documents. The kiosk provides fast and easy access that leverages live agent assistance with avatar-based technology. In combination with the FusionWeb Patient Access Portal™*, patients can extend control to scheduling, pre-registration, results delivery and bill payment.
*Note that as to Work In Progress, Merge Healthcare is not legally obligated to develop or continue to develop such Works in Progress that may include the features and functionality described herein.