Top 15 Connected Healthcare Facilities 2004

Taking a leadership role in healthcare IT is all about connections - between digital imaging modalities, between modalities and departments, between information systems, between physicians, referring physicians and specialists. This year's 15 winners - ranging from imaging centers and a specialty heart hospital to large, academic medical centers and community hospitals - share common goals of reducing and eliminating film, investing in digital imaging devices, PACS and department information systems and a determination to link decision-makers and caregivers across the healthcare enterprise.

Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals | Boston

Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is a 735-bed teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School located in the heart of Boston's renowned Longwood Medical Area. Annually, BWH cares for approximately 41,000 inpatients and 754,000 outpatients; more than 28,500 surgical procedures are performed and the Emergency Department conducts 54,000 visits. The facility employs more than 11,000 people, including more than 2,450 physicians and researchers, and 1,600 nurses. BWH is a leading recipient of research funds from the National Institutes of Health, and is nationally recognized for clinical excellence in cardiology and cardiovascular disease, immunology, arthritis and rheumatic disorders, joint replacement, and cancer care.

• Number of Acute Care Staffed Beds: 885
• Number of Annual Imaging Procedures: 600,000-750,000
• Percentage of Procedures that are Digital: 90% and up
• Percentage of Facility that is Filmess: 80%-89%
• Number of Physicians in Network with Online Access to Digital Images: 5,000
• Percentage of Physicians in Network with Access to Digital Images: 90% and up
• Percentage of Referring Physicians with Access to Digital Images: 90% and up

Modalities and/or Departments that send images to PACS X-ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Cath Lab, Digital Radiography, Computed Radiography, Radiation Therapy, Mammography, Nuclear Medicine, PET, PET/CT, Pathology/Clinical Lab, Orthopedics, Critical Care/EKG, Echocardiography

Departments that utilize images from PACS Radiology, Cardiology, Oncology, Orthopedics, Surgery, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, Radiation Therapy, Nuclear Medicine, Pathology, Neurology, Enterprise

Primary Vendors for Imaging & Information Systems

• Radiology Information System: IDX
• Cardiology Information System: Agfa, Witt Biomedical
• Hospital Information System: Partners Information System (in house)
• PACS: Agfa, GE, Siemens
• Teleradiology: Amicas/BWH Radiology (in house)
• CPOE: Medicalis/Partners Information System (in house)
• Decision Support: Medicalis/Partners Information System (in house)
• Voice/Speech Recognition: eScription
• CAD: CADx  
• 3D: Voxar, Vital Images
• Storage Systems: EMC, StorageTek
• Servers: HP, Sun, Dell
• X-ray: Kodak, Agfa, Konica, GE, Fujifilm
• CT: Siemens
• MRI: GE
• Ultrasound: Siemens/Acuson, HP, Philips
• Cath Lab: Philips
• Digital Radiography: Kodak
• Computed Radiography: Kodak, Agfa, Konica, Fujifilm
• Radiation Therapy: GE
• Mammography: GE
• Nuclear Medicine: Siemens
• PET/CT: GE
• Vascular Lab: GE
• Echocardiography: Siemens

Henry Ford Hospital | Detroit, Michigan

Henry Ford Hospital is a 903-bed tertiary care hospital, education and research complex in Detroit's New Center Area. It is part of the Henry Ford Health System, a not-for-profit corporation governed by a 45-member Board of Trustees. Annually, the Health System admits 65,000 patients, conducts 2.5 million patient visits with physicians and more than 50,000 ambulatory surgery procedures, and employs 12,600 people. Revenue reached $2.4 billion in 2002.

• Number of Acute Care Staffed Beds: 903
• Number of Annual Imaging Procedures: 600,000+
• Percentage of Procedures that are Digital: 90% and up
• Percentage of Facility that is Filmess: 90% and up
• Number of Physicians in Network with Online Access to Digital Images: 2,000
• Percentage of Physicians in Network with Access to Digital Images: 90% and up
• Percentage of Referring Physicians with Access to Digital Images: 90% and up

Modalities and/or Departments that send images to PACS X-ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Digital Radiography, Computed Radiography, Mammography, Nuclear Medicine, PET, PET/CT, Orthopedics

Departments that utilize images from PACS Radiology, Cardiology, Oncology, Orthopedics, Surgery, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, Radiation Therapy, Nuclear Medicine, Pathology, Dermatology

Primary Vendors for Imaging & Information Systems

• Radiology Information System: Cerner, IDX
• Cardiology Information System: Siemens
• Hospital Information System: Home grown
• PACS: Stentor
• Teleradiology: Stentor
• Voice/Speech Recognition: Dictaphone
• 3D: Voxar
• Storage Systems: Stentor
• Servers: IBM
• X-ray: GE, Philips, Siemens
• CT: GE
• MRI: GE
• Cath Lab: Siemens, Philips, GE
• Digital Radiography: Kodak
• Computed Radiography: Kodak, Agfa, Fujifilm
• Radiation Therapy: Philips, Varian
• Mammography: Hologic/Lorad, GE
• Nuclear Medicine: Siemens, ADAC
• PET/CT: CTI

Clarian Health Partners Methodist, Indiana University & Riley Hospitals | Indianapolis, Indiana

Clarian Health Partners is the result of the 1997 merger of Methodist, Indiana University and Riley hospitals. Today, the health system has 1,319 staffed beds and about 20 statewide hospital affiliates that include eight hospitals and a variety of outpatient facilities such as medical plazas, group practices, occupational health center, community health centers and home care. In 2003, the health system treated 55,579 in-patients and 877,363 outpatients, with gross patient revenues of $2.05 billion. The system employs 11,000 people, including 1,327 physicians. Overall patient satisfaction in 2003 was 93 percent.

• Number of Acute Care Staffed Beds: 1,300
• Number of Annual Imaging Procedures: 500,000-600,000
• Percentage of Procedures that are Digital: 90% and up
• Percentage of Facility that is Filmess: 90% and up
• Number of Physicians in Network with Online Access to Digital Images: 2,070
• Percentage of Physicians in Network with Access to Digital Images: 90% and up
• Percentage of Referring Physicians with Access to Digital Images: 90% and up

Modalities and/or Departments that send images to PACS X-ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Digital Radiography, Computed Radiography, Mammography, Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT, Dermatology, Orthopedics, Critical Care/EKG

Departments that utilize images from PACS Radiology, Cardiology, Oncology, Orthopedics, Surgery, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, Radiation Therapy, Nuclear Medicine, Pathology, Dermatology, Neurology, Trauma Services, Pulmonology, Psychiatry, Vascular Lab

Primary Vendors for Imaging & Information Systems

• Radiology Information System: IDX
• Cardiology Information System: GE, Muse,
• Witt Biomedical, ProSolve
• Laboratory Information System: Cerner
• Hospital Information System: Cerner
• PACS: GE
• Decision Support: TSI
• Voice/Speech Recognition: Dictaphone
• CAD: R2
• 3D: GE, Siemens, Philips, Vital Images
• Storage Systems: EMC
• Servers: HP Compaq, Sun, IBM
• X-ray: Siemens, Kodak
• CT: GE, Philips, Siemens
• MRI: GE, Siemens
• Ultrasound: Philips, GE, Siemens, ATL
• Cath Lab: Siemens, Toshiba
• Digital Radiography: Siemens, Kodak
• Computed Radiography: Agfa, Kodak, Fujifilm
• Radiation Therapy: Varian, Novalis, Elekta
• Mammography: Hologic/Lorad, Siemens
• Nuclear Medicine: Siemens, Philips/ADAC
• PET: Siemens
• PET/CT: Siemens
• Bone Densitometry: GE

Fairview Health Service | Minneapolis, Minnesota

Fairview Health Services, an integrated healthcare system, employs 18,900 people and includes seven hospitals with 2,567 beds, including an academic teaching hospital, six community hospitals, children's services, 31 primary-care clinics, 24 retail pharmacies, 24 Institute for Athletic Medicine locations, 64 community partnerships, 25 specialty clinics, six urgent care clinics, nine orthotics and prosthetics clinics, 14 senior housing facilities, three adult day programs, five hand centers, nine counseling centers and four home care and hospice agencies. In 2003, the system reported total revenue of $1.69 billion and 79,663 inpatient admissions. The University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics in 1997 merged with Fairview Health Services and created Fairview-University Medical Center.

• Number of Acute Care Staffed Beds: 1,500
• Number of Annual Imaging Procedures: 500,000+
• Percentage of Procedures that are Digital: 90% and up
• Percentage of Facility that is Filmess: 90% and up
• Number of Physicians in Network with Online Access to Digital Images: 5,000
• Percentage of Physicians in Network with Access to Digital Images: 90% and up
• Percentage of Referring Physicians with Access to Digital Images: 70%-79%

Modalities and/or Departments that send images to PACS X-ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Cath Lab, Digital Radiography, Computed Radiography, Mammography, Nuclear Medicine, PET, PET/CT, Orthopedics, Critical Care/EKG, Endoscopy

Departments that utilize images from PACS Radiology, Cardiology, Oncology, Orthopedics, Surgery, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, Radiation Therapy, Nuclear Medicine, Endoscopy

Primary Vendors for Imaging & Information Systems

• Radiology Information System: IDX
• Cardiology Information System: Philips
• Laboratory Information System: Misys
• Hospital Information System: Home-grown
• PACS: IDX
• Teleradiology: IDX
• CPOE: Eclipsys
• Decision Support: Eclipsys
• Voice/Speech Recognition: Dictaphone
• 3D: Vital Images, Voxar
• Storage Systems: EMC
• Server: Over 400
• Ultrasound: Siemens (Acuson), ATL/Philips
• Cath Lab: Philips
• Digital Radiography: Philips
• Computed Radiography: Agfa
• Radiation Therapy: Varian
• Mammography: GE
• PET: Siemens
• PET/CT: Siemens

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles, California

Founded in 1902, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center today employs 1,800 physicians in virtually all medical specialties and employs about 8,000 people. Each year, approximately 245 residents and fellows are taught at the facility in nearly 60 graduate medical education programs. It is the largest non-profit hospital in the western United States. Ranked among the top seven non-university hospitals nationwide in terms of research, Cedars-Sinai is currently conducting more than 600 research projects through the Burns & Allen Research Institute. In 2003, total inpatient visits reached 46,854, while 158,092 outpatients were seen at the facility.

• Number of Acute Care Staffed Beds: 850
• Number of Annual Imaging Procedures: 300,000-399,999
• Percentage of Procedures that are Digital: 90% and up
• Percentage of Facility that is Filmess: 70%-79%
• Number of Physicians in Network with Online Access to Digital Images: 5,000
• Percentage of Physicians in Network with Access to Digital Images: 90% and up
• Percentage of Referring Physicians with Access to Digital Images: 90% and up

Modalities and/or Departments that send images to PACS X-ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Cath Lab, Digital Radiography, Computed Radiography, Mammography, PET, Orthopedics, Critical Care/EKG, Echocardiography, Vascular Lab

Departments that utilize images from PACS Radiology, Cardiology, Oncology, Orthopedics, Surgery, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, Radiation Therapy, Nuclear Medicine, Emergency Department

Primary Vendors for Imaging & Information Systems

• Radiology Information System: Cerner
• Laboratory Information System: Misys
• Hospital Information System: PMOC, PCX (in house)
• PACS: Kodak, McKesson, Camtronics, HeartLab
• CPOE: PMOC, PCX (in house)
• Decision Support: GE, A4 HealthSystems, Web/VS (in house)
• CAD: MRI Devices, AutoQuant (in house)
• 3D: Siemens, Vital Images
• Storage Systems: IBM, EMC, Dell
• Servers: Sun Microsystems, Dell, HP, IBM, Compaq
• X-ray: Kodak
• CT: GE, Siemens
• MRI: Siemens
• Ultrasound: Philips
• Cath Lab: GE
• Digital Radiography: Siemens
• Computed Radiography: Kodak
• Radiation Therapy: Philips
• Mammography: GE, Kodak
• Nuclear Medicine: Philips, Siemens
• PET: Philips
• PET/CT: Philips
• Digital Fluoroscopy: Siemens, Toshiba, Philips

Marshfield Clinic | Marshfield, Wisconsin

Marshfield Clinic was founded in 1916 by six physicians, and today is one of the largest private, multispecialty group practices in the United States with 39 Regional Centers in Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It is one of only a few large, independent nonprofit medical clinics in the U.S. The clinic staff includes 735 physicians in more than 86 medical specialties and subspecialties, while support personnel number more than 5,792. Altogether, the Clinic logs about 1.75 million patient encounters with 364,000 patients annually.

• Number of Annual Imaging Procedures: 300,000-399,999
• Percentage of Procedures that are Digital: 90% and up
• Percentage of Facility that is Filmess: 70%-79%
• Number of Physicians in Network with Online Access to Digital Images: 720+
• Percentage of Physicians in Network with Access to Digital Images: 90% and up
• Percentage of Referring Physicians with Access to Digital Images: 100% (CD-based)

Modalities and/or Departments that send images to PACS X-ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Digital Radiography, Computed Radiography, Mammography, Orthopedics, Critical Care/EKG

Departments that utilize images from PACS Radiology, Cardiology, Oncology, Orthopedics, Surgery, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, Radiation Therapy, Nuclear Medicine

Primary Vendors for Imaging & Information Systems

• Radiology Information System: in house
• Cardiology Information System: in house
• Laboratory Information System: in house
• Hospital Information System: in house
• PACS: Siemens
• Teleradiology: in house
• CPOE: in house
• Decision Support: in house
• CAD: GE
• 3D: Voxar, Siemens
• Storage Systems: EMC, StorageTek
• Servers: Sun, Siemens
• X-ray: Siemens
• CT: Siemens
• MRI: Siemens
• Ultrasound: Siemens/Acuson
• Cath Lab: Siemens
• Digital Radiography: Siemens
• Computed Radiography: Fujifilm, Kodak
• Mammography: GE

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Presbyterian | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Presbyterian, located in the heart of Oakland, is an adult medical/surgical referral hospital and a site of ongoing research and graduate programs in conjunction with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Founded in 1893, UPMC Presbyterian is a part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), the largest integrated healthcare delivery system in and one of the leading nonprofit medical centers in the country. UPMC posts annual revenue of $5.3 billion, and employs 39,000 people. UPMC is investing $500 million in secure information technology to link and manage the system, its centerpiece being the development of an electronic health record.

• Number of Acute Care Staffed Beds: 700
• Number of Annual Imaging Procedures: 300,000-399,999
• Percentage of Procedures that are Digital: 90% and up
• Percentage of Facility that is Filmess: 90% and up
• Number of Physicians in Network with Online Access to Digital Images: 3,000
• Percentage of Physicians in Network with Access to Digital Images: 90% and up
• Percentage of Referring Physicians with Access to Digital Images: 70% to 79%

Modalities and/or Departments that send images to PACS X-ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Computed Radiography, Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT, Orthopedics, Interventional

Departments that utilize images from PACS Radiology, Cardiology, Oncology, Orthopedics, Surgery, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, Radiation Therapy, Nuclear Medicine, Pathology, Dermatology

Primary Vendors for Imaging & Information Systems

• Radiology Information System: IDXrad
• Laboratory Information System: Sunquest
• Hospital Information System: Medipac
• PACS: Stentor
• Teleradiology: Stentor
• X-ray: GE
• CT: GE
• MRI: GE
• Ultrasound: GE
• Computed Radiography: Agfa
• PET/CT: CTI

Center for Diagnostic Imaging | Minneapolis, Minnesota

Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI), founded in 1981, is a physician-led national radiology practice. The Center provides diagnostic and therapeutic radiology services through its 24 freestanding outpatient imaging centers in six states, including Minnesota, Indiana, Florida, Missouri, Washington and Wisconsin. Among the exams performed include: high-field short bore MRI, CT, PET, nuclear medicine, bone mineral densitometry, ultrasound, breast MRI, fluoroscopy, and x-ray. CDI also offers diagnostic injections and pain management and virtual CT scans for lung, heart and colon screening.

• Number of Annual Imaging Procedures: 200,000-299,999
• Percentage of Procedures that are Digital: 90% and up
• Percentage of Facility that is Filmess: 90% and up
• Number of Physicians in Network with Online Access to Digital Images: 60
• Percentage of Physicians in Network with Access to Digital Images: 90% and up
• Percentage of Referring Physicians with Access to Digital Images: 80%-89%

Modalities and/or Departments that send images to PACS CT, MRI, Computed Radiography, PET/CT

Primary Vendors for Imaging & Information Systems

• Radiology Information System: Merge eFilm
• PACS: Merge eFilm
• Teleradiology: Merge eFilm
• Voice/Speech Recognition: Merge eFilm
• CAD: Confirma/CADx
• 3D: Viatronix, Vital Images, Voxar
• Storage Systems: Acuo, IBM, EMC
• Servers: IBM
• X-ray: GE
• CT: GE
• MRI: Siemens
• Ultrasound: Acuson
• Computed Radiography: Fujifilm
• PET/CT: GE

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center | Hershey, Pennsylvania

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center first opened in 1967 as a medical school and began treating patients in 1970. Today, it is a large academic medical center encompassing more than 2.2 million square feet on a 545-acre campus. The 468-bed facility serves approximately 1.5 million residents of central Pennsylvania. Annually, the medical center hosts approximately 480,000 outpatients, admits 20, 600 inpatients and hosts 42,000 emergency room visits. The facility includes a children's hospital, physician's center, women's health pavilion and a network of community-based family doctors at primary-care clinics.

• Number of Acute Care Staffed Beds: 415
• Number of Beds: 500+
• Number of Annual Imaging Procedures: 200,000-299,999
• Percentage of Procedures that are Digital: 80%-89%
• Percentage of Facility that is Filmess: 80%-89%
• Number of Physicians in Network with Online Access to Digital Images: 1400
• Percentage of Physicians in Network with Access to Digital Images: 90% and up
• Percentage of Referring Physicians with Access to Digital Images: 100%

Modalities and/or Departments that send images to PACS X-ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Cath Lab, Digital Radiography, Computed Radiography, Nuclear Medicine, PET, PET/CT

Departments that utilize images from PACS Radiology, Cardiology, Oncology, Orthopedics, Surgery, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, Radiation Therapy, Nuclear Medicine

Primary Vendors for Imaging & Information Systems

• Radiology Information System: IDX
• Cardiology Information System: HeartLab, ProSolve
• Laboratory Information System: Sunquest
• Hospital Information System: Cerner
• PACS: IDX
• Teleradiology: IDX
• CPOE: Cerner
• Decision Support: Cerner
• Voice/Speech Recognition: ScanSoft
• 3D: Vital Images, TeraRecon
• Storage Systems: IDX
• Servers: HP, IBM
• X-ray: Picker
• CT: Philips
• MRI: Philips
• Ultrasound: Siemens/Acuson, GE
• Cath Lab: Siemens
• Digital Radiography: Hologic
• Computed Radiography: Kodak
• Radiation Therapy: Varian
• Mammography: Hologic/Lorad
• Nuclear Medicine: Philips
• PET/CT: Philips

The Reading Hospital & Medical Center West | Reading, Pennsylvania

The Reading Hospital and Medical Center is a not-for-profit healthcare center providing comprehensive acute care, post-acute rehabilitation, behavioral, and occupational health services to the people of Berks and adjoining counties. Established as The Reading Dispensary in 1867, the Hospital has since expanded into a leader in tertiary care for this region of Pennsylvania. It is the largest of seven hospitals in a locally managed, not-for profit preferred provider organization network called Berkshire Health Plan. Berkshire Health Plan developed as a partnership between local hospitals and physicians spanning four counties; Berks, Schuylkill, Lancaster, and Montgomery. Berkshire Health Plan's provider network covers more than 70,000 lives and includes 1,000 physicians.

• Number of Acute Care Staffed Beds: 600+
• Number of Annual Imaging Procedures: 200,000-299,999
• Percentage of Procedures that are Digital: 90% and up
• Percentage of Facility that is Filmess: 90%
• Number of Physicians in Network with Online Access to Digital Images: 600+
• Percentage of Physicians in Network with Access to Digital Images: 90% and up
• Percentage of Referring Physicians with Access to Digital Images: 90% and up

Modalities and/or Departments that send images to PACS X-ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Cath Lab, Digital Radiography, Computed Radiography, Orthopedics, Critical Care/EKG

Departments that utilize images from PACS Radiology, Cardiology, Oncology, Orthopedics, Surgery, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, Radiation Therapy, Nuclear Medicine

Primary Vendors for Imaging & Information Systems

• Radiology Information System: Siemens
• Cardiology Information System: Siemens
• Laboratory Information System: Cerner
• Hospital Information System: Siemens
• PACS: Siemens
• Teleradiology: Siemens
• CPOE: Siemens
• Decision Support: Siemens
• Voice/Speech Recognition: Dictaphone
• Storage Systems: IBM, Plasmon
• Servers: Sun
• X-ray: GE, Philips
• CT: GE, Siemens
• MRI: GE
• Ultrasound: Siemens
• Cath Lab: GE
• Digital Radiography: Philips, GE
• Computed Radiography: Kodak
• Radiation Therapy: Varian
• Mammography: Instrumentarium
• Nuclear Medicine: Siemens, GE, ADAC

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center | Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is the dominant institution in healthcare in the Greater Baton Rouge area. It is also the largest private medical center in Louisiana, with 852 licensed beds. Annually, approximately 25,000 patients are treated in the hospital, and about 350,000 patients are seen at outpatient locations with the assistance of almost 900 physicians and 3,000 staff members. The facility was established in 1923 by the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady.

• Number of Acute Care Staffed Beds: 852
• Number of Annual Imaging Procedures: 100,000-199,999
• Percentage of Procedures that are Digital: 90% and up
• Percentage of Facility that is Filmess: 90% and up
• Number of Physicians in Network with Online Access to Digital Images: 1200+
• Percentage of Physicians in Network with Access to Digital Images: 90% and up
• Percentage of Referring Physicians with Access to Digital Images: 90% and up

Modalities and/or Departments that send images to PACS X-ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Digital Radiography, Computed Radiography, Pathology, Clinical Lab

Departments that utilize images from PACS Radiology, Cardiology, Oncology, Orthopedics, Surgery, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, Radiation Therapy, Nuclear Medicine, Pathology

Primary Vendors for Imaging & Information Systems

• Radiology Information System: Cerner
• Laboratory Information System: Cerner
• Hospital Information System: Cerner
• PACS: Cerner
• Teleradiology: Cerner
• CPOE: Cerner
• Decision Support: Cerner
• 3D: Cerner
• X-ray: GE
• CT: GE
• MRI: GE
• Ultrasound: Siemens/Acuson
• Cath Lab: Siemens
• Digital Radiography: Agfa
• Computed Radiography: Agfa
• Mammography: GE
• Nuclear Medicine: ADAC
• PET: CTI
• PET/CT: CTI
• Storage: IBM
• Server: IBM

St. Mary's Medical Center | Evansville, Indiana

Founded in 1872 by the Daughter's of Charity, St. Mary's is a values-based, 500-bed acute care facility providing general medical, cardiac, surgical, diagnostic, rehabilitation, senior, mental health, oncology and emergency services, in addition to its separate yet integrated hospital for women and children. Partnering with a medical staff of more than 650 physicians, St. Mary's mission is to serve all persons, with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. St. Mary's is a member of Ascension Health, the nation's largest Catholic-sponsored, not-for-profit health system.

• Number of Acute Care Staffed Beds: 502
• Number of Annual Imaging Procedures: 100,000-199,999
• Percentage of Procedures that are Digital: 90% and up
• Percentage of Facility that is Filmess: 90% and up
• Number of Physicians in Network with Online Access to Digital Images: 600
• Percentage of Physicians in Network with Access to Digital Images: 90% and up
• Percentage of Referring Physicians with Access to Digital Images: 90% and up

Modalities and/or Departments that send images to PACS X-ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Cath Lab, Computed Radiography, Radiation Therapy, Nuclear Medicine, PET, Orthopedics

Departments that utilize images from PACS Radiology, Cardiology, Oncology, Orthopedics, Surgery, Critical Care/ICU/CCU, Radiation Therapy, Nuclear Medicine, Pathology

Primary Vendors for Imaging & Information Systems

• Radiology Information System: McKesson
• Cardiology Information System: Philips
• Laboratory Information System: Misys