TeleFLOW, by Telerad Express, reportedly offers numerous benefits including the ability to specify turnaround times, the automated distribution of reports to referring physicians and the online viewing of reports and annotated images.

A client may order the response time necessary for an interpretation to help support the increasing demands of referring physicians. The predefined choices in turnaround times include: STAT, 2-hours, 6-hours and 1-day.

Telerad Express monitors each order throughout the process to assure on-time delivery, according to the company.

MedQuist Inc. will show a new, Web-based version of its mobile dictation application PhysAssist IQ, which gives physicians more flexibility over documenting at the point-of-care using mobile devices including flip phones, Smartphones, PDAs and tablet PCs.

Using Internet-enabled mobile devices to dictate allows caregivers to more freedom document patient encounters anytime, anywhere, according to the company. The voice file is automatically and securely uploaded to MedQuist’s Enterprise Platform to complete the document creation workflow.

April 2008

McKesson’s Horizon Medical Imaging PACS integrates images from multiple modalities with clinical patient data, streamlining radiology department workflow and reportedly improving radiologist efficiency. The system also provides referring physicians with patient images as part of a complete medical record, improving decision-making and helping to ensure patient safety, according to the company.

Its disaster recovery options reportedly covers every PACS component to fully recover complete system operation in the event of a data center failure.

April 2008