"The anytime, anywhere access to diagnostic images is rapidly proving to be a powerful tool for RHIO users. Just as video access has become common on the Internet, we should expect diagnostic image-sharing to become standard on health information exchanges, as well." Ted Kremer, executive director of Rochester RHIO
eHealth Connect® Diagnostic Image Exchange
Get the whole picture for every patient.
Your organization probably already shares certain types of records electronically. But if it's only text-based, it only tells part of the story. From oncology to cardiology to primary care, physicians need diagnostic images in order to make a full evaluation and prescribe proper treatment.
Until recently, sharing diagnostic images across a health information exchange was impractical because of storage, bandwidth and system performance issues. Plus, the complexities of spanning multiple disparate PACS systems, managing content and access controls added to these challenges. But eHealth Connect® Diagnostic Image Exchange from eHealth Global Technologies, Inc., has changed all of that.
Better patient care--Diagnostic quality images associated with both recent and historical exams are available online, to any authorized clinician who needs to see them along with the patient's medical record. This allows medical professionals to provide faster diagnosis and treatment.
Lower cost, higher efficiency--Sharing images with eHealth Connect across community exchanges can dramatically reduce the costs of distributing diagnostic images using more traditional, less reliable approaches--when relied on patients and clinical staff to produce and transport CDs or films, or forced clinicians to log on to multiple disparate PACS web viewers.
Safe and sound--eHGT captures and securely transmits diagnostic images with almost no impact on PACS performance and rediology practice workflow, protecting PACS systems from unauthorized access by outside viewers.
Less exposure and huge savings--Sharing diagnostic images across community exchanges can dramatically lower the number of unnecessary repeated exams, potentially saving biollions of dollars. Extra radiological exams also expose patients to additional radiation--and risk. Diagnostic imaging could soon represent 10 percent of total health care costs.¹ With annual health care spending at $2.2 trillion in the U.S., that's $220 billion.
Trusted by HIE leaders--eHealth Connect Diagnostic Image Exchange is simple, cost-effective, and available now. The nation's first community HIE to share images--Rochester RHIO, serving 1.2 million patients--uses eHealth Connect. Elysium® Exchange from Axolotl corp., the most popular application used by HIEs to share clinical data, employs eHealth Connect to give customers the additional capability to share diagnostic images.
¹Source: Tiber Group Study, Imaging Economics Magazine.
