Eastman Kodak Company conducts informative workshops on how Kodak CARESTREAM Radiology Solutions can empower radiologists by automating the different elements of the whole diagnostic exam process at medical institutions. KODAK CARESTREAM Radiology Solutions include KODAK CARESTREAM PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System), KODAK CARESTREAM RIS (Radiology Information System), and KODAK CARESTREAM IMS (Information Management Solutions).
Kodak CARESTREAM Radiology Solutions provide a comprehensive architecture that addresses the diverse operational needs of clinics, imaging centers, hospitals and healthcare networks, including orthopedic, mammography, and cardiac facilities.
The functional hands-on workshops demonstrate the implications & benefits of PACS and RIS and how they can help healthcare facilities optimize workflow, improve clinical processes and enhance patient care.
Mr. Steve Murdoch, Kodak’s Worldwide HCIS Specialist, who has extensive experience with RIS/PACS installations around the world, runs the workshops and gives in-depth information on Kodak’s CARESTREAM total enterprise solution.
“Workshop attendees can experience the benefits of a total enterprise solution that automates the various elements of the diagnostic exam process: requesting/ordering and scheduling, diagnostic reading/dictation, transcription, reporting, automated results distribution, and billing. They are guided through ‘real-life’ scenarios representing a variety of anatomy/pathology results and the processing and workflow tools available for interpreting them.” said Mr. Murdoch. “Kodak’s newest version of CARESTREAM PACS software offers a virtual desktop environment that allows any application, including 3D processing, to be delivered to any desktop inside or outside the organization. This enables providing the right information in the right place at the right time—across a healthcare enterprise or region, no matter where the images and data are stored, or where they originated.”
Kodak CARESTREAM solutions can be scaled to provide for regional, national, or countrywide PACS, RIS, and information lifecycle management applications. This enables anywhere, anytime access to all patient information.
“Arab Health is an ideal forum for us to showcase our latest innovations for the medical industry and provides us with a great opportunity to interact with delegates from across the region who want to get a better understanding of what we have on offer,” said Joe Naoum, Consultant, Healthcare Information Solutions, Middle East & Africa, Eastman Kodak Company. “We have been active in promoting our medical solutions in the Middle East for the last few years and are always ensuring that we bring the latest in our solution offering to this region, helping medical practitioners transform their workflow processes and free them up to do what they need to be focusing on – always improving patient care.”
Kodak works closely with customers to design solutions that solve their specific needs and business challenges and can integrate new applications with existing systems currently in use by the healthcare providers. As a result, Kodak helps customers to build upon their investment in information technology infrastructure.
About Kodak Health Group:
Kodak’s Health Group, with 2005 revenues of $2.65 billion, is a world leader in supplying the medical and dental professions with advanced healthcare products, services and information technology solutions. Its broad portfolio includes picture archiving and communications systems (PACS), radiology information systems (RIS), healthcare information systems, computed radiography (CR) and digital radiography (DR) systems, laser imagers, mammography and oncology systems, x-ray film systems, dental imaging products, and a range of consulting—as well as repair and maintenance—services.
Kodak recently entered into an agreement to sell the Health Group to Onex Healthcare Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of Onex Corporation. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Onex is one of Canada’s largest corporations with a significant and rapidly growing group of healthcare companies. Subject to regulatory and other approvals, it is anticipated that the sale will close in the first half of 2007.
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