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VA Medical Imaging Reaches Record Level
Colleagues,
As reported in Medical News Today ... VistA Imaging, the medical and health care imaging system used in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers, attained over one billion stored images in January this year, according to the department.
"Using this technology, VA has established an unprecedented number of medical images in its database, allowing VA physicians immediate access to patient records regardless of their location," said Dr. Gerald Cross, VA's acting under secretary for health, said. "Our Veterans don't have to wait for hospital staff to find x-rays or make comparisons between a patient's past and current records."...
The imaging system captures clinical images, scanned documents, motion video and other non-text data, and makes them part of the patient's electronic record.
... Using digital images makes remote diagnosis and treatment possible and permits in-home monitoring of some patients' conditions. It eliminates travel for patients needing follow-up care and makes services available in medically underserved areas...
Read on at: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/158789.php
ENJOY!
CC
As reported in Medical News Today ... VistA Imaging, the medical and health care imaging system used in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers, attained over one billion stored images in January this year, according to the department.
"Using this technology, VA has established an unprecedented number of medical images in its database, allowing VA physicians immediate access to patient records regardless of their location," said Dr. Gerald Cross, VA's acting under secretary for health, said. "Our Veterans don't have to wait for hospital staff to find x-rays or make comparisons between a patient's past and current records."...
The imaging system captures clinical images, scanned documents, motion video and other non-text data, and makes them part of the patient's electronic record.
... Using digital images makes remote diagnosis and treatment possible and permits in-home monitoring of some patients' conditions. It eliminates travel for patients needing follow-up care and makes services available in medically underserved areas...
Read on at: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/158789.php
ENJOY!
CC
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