Illuminate automatically delivers patient history from EMR at the time of read

The newest version of Softek Illuminate^® automatically delivers the patient’s clinical history as soon as a radiologist opens a study to read. PatientView™ in Illuminate^® 4.0 now pulls in clinical notes from the EMR and displays them along with relevant radiology, pathology and lab reports at the point of interpretation.

Radiologists no longer have to log into the EMR system to see a patient’s problem list, medications, allergies, vital signs, lab tests and clinical summaries, said Softek CEO Matt McLenon. The same click that opens a new radiology study triggers PatientView to load the patient’s clinical documentation. Filters and search bars allow clinicians to easily pinpoint the exact patient information they need to make their diagnosis, McLenon added.

Clinicians at the University of Kansas Medical Center have been using PatientView for several years. The latest version, with the inclusion of clinical notes, gives radiologists and pathologists a much fuller understanding of the story behind the image, said Dr. Philip Johnson, Radiology Chair at KU.

“The difficult job of finding a patient’s clinical history is gone – that history now comes to us,” said Dr. Johnson. “If I’m reading a follow-up CT for a cancer patient, the prior surgical notes, pathology reports and lab results are right there for me to see."

He added, "By automatically seeing a patient’s relevant history, our radiologists can more quickly make an accurate interpretation and deliver more-definitive reports to patients and our referring physicians."

Softek will demonstrate PatientView and the rest of Illuminate’s search, data aggregation and analytics technology in booth 5339 at RSNA 2013 Dec. 1-6 at Chicago’s McCormick Place.

Other Illuminate^® applications include InSight™ to search the data archive and track patient follow-up; ActKnowledge™ to document the communication of non-routine findings; Analytics™ for real-time business intelligence; DiscoveryServices™ to uncover overlooked patients in need of critical interventions; and DiscoveryReports™ of information to meet government reporting requirements and internal QI initiatives.

To schedule a demonstration of Illuminate or talk with one of our users, contact Lee Lueck at 913.981.5285 or lee.lueck@softekinc.com.

For more on Illuminate^® PatientView, visit www.softekinc.com/illuminate/snare.