The Clutter Problem
Conventional healthcare implementations rely on a patchwork of interfaces—one for transcription, another for order authorization and still another for image interpretation—to complete the patient care cycle. In the current landscape, with increased procedure volume, busy referring physicians, insurance hurdles, distributed personnel and more intense competition, a clutter of different applications adds a level of complexity that the practice can ill afford. To remain effective, facilities must have a streamlined implementation, without assorted interfaces, upgrades and training plans.

With Centricity RIS/PACS-IW, GE Healthcare, Dynamic Imaging Solutions delivers an elegant solution for unified business and clinical workflow. Whether deployed in single imaging centers or large distributed group practices, our fully integrated approach allows scheduling, pre-certification, document management, visualization and interpretation/dictation, distribution, storage, billing and claims management all in one toolset.
Centricity RIS/PACS-IW dissolves bottlenecks while dramatically increasing productivity and the quality of patient care.

Advantages for Every User
By integrating a comprehensive Radiology Information System (RIS) with its award-winning PACS, GE Healthcare, Dynamic Imaging Solutions brings consistency and robust features to every constituent in the radiology workflow. Radiologists can perform digital dictation and automatically see related priors. Administrators can analyze referral streams. Schedulers can eliminate double bookings. Billing representatives can submit claims electronically. Referring physicians can receive automatic email of results (e.g., reports and key image collages) and custom-formatted reports. All from a single system.

Streamlined Workflow
An intuitive, ’clean’ user interface makes navigation easy, and worklists can be customized or filtered for users, or groups of users. Key tools are embedded in—not patched to—the product, including document management, digital dictation, billing and full reporting with analytics. Leveraging our leadership in standards support, industry protocols such as HL7 and DICOM have been used to develop optimal integration with external applications as well.

Centricity RIS/PACS-IW delivers numerous benefits to ambulatory practices:

• Improves Efficiency. Patient information is entered once, and other redundant steps are eliminated, allowing staff to handle increasing volume.
• Improves Patient Care. Accurate patient data and images are distributed cleanly, with no lost exams or paperwork.
• Speeds the Turnaround of Reports. All necessary tools are embedded, such as document management, digital dictation and automatic results distribution.
• Improves Communication with Referring Physicians. Rich-text formatted (PDF) reports, key image collages and imaging studies can be instantly accessible via the Web; automatic updates via fax and email.
• Improves Cash Flow. Electronic claims submission, automated billing workflow and accurate data help reduce the payment cycle and eliminate lost and rejected charges; automatic scheduling cuts wasted time and maximizes volume.
• Eliminates Integration Headaches. Implementation, training and upgrades are in sync and much simpler and cost-effective than in a multi-vendor deployment.

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