Digisonics Showcases Enterprise PACS and Structured Reporting Solutions at SIIM 2015

HOUSTON (May 7, 2015) – Digisonics (Booth #523), a leading integrator/provider of Enterprise PACS and Structured Reporting Systems, will showcase its latest offerings to improve workflow efficiency at this year’s Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Clinicians are encouraged to BYOD – Bring Your Own Device, for use with Digisonics’ new universal viewer, WebView 4.1. This application addresses the emerging mobile workflow requirements in healthcare by providing zero footprint image and report review from HTML5 supported browsers and devices including PC, Mac, iPads and tablets. There is no need for ActiveX or other plugins and no patient health information is retained on the viewing device. Digisonics will also showcase its new Business Analytics Package with data mining features for productivity and automation. The Business Analytics package provides powerful tools including management reports (such as volume and turnaround time reports), productivity reports (such as summary time interval reports), and automation for searches. The Business Analytics Package empowers users to quickly explore large amounts of data, transforming it into valuable information, measuring current and past performance and optimizing future strategic planning. Digisonics’ vendor-neutral, enterprise-wide image management and structured reporting system solutions provide a configurable clinical database, extensive structured reporting tools, and a high-powered PACS for ultimate reliability and workflow efficiency. Digisonics is the only single system solution that enables users to quickly review and generate structured reports for all study types including cardiology, OB/GYN, radiology and general ultrasound. Combined with seamless integration to 3rd party vendors including EMR, HIS/RIS and PACS/VNA, Digisonics is the ideal solution to streamline workflow and improve efficiency for faster overall turnaround times. About Digisonics, Inc.Digisonics provides top-rated clinical image management and structured reporting systems for cardiovascular (CVIS), radiology, and obstetrics & gynecology. Digisonics structured reporting solutions combine high performance image review workstations, a powerful PACS image archive, an integrated clinical database, comprehensive analysis capabilities and highly configurable reporting for multiple modalities. Key applications are complemented with interfaces to information systems and 3rd party vendors, providing facilities with a seamless, efficient clinical workflow.

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