St. John's Episcopal Hospital South Shore Transforms Workflow With NovaRad's NovaPACS and NovaRIS
by
Paul Shumway, Vice President,
NovaRad Corporation | July 31, 2007
American Fork, Utah -- A transformation in workflow - meaning a faster, more efficient process - is how St. John's Episcopal Hospital (SJEH) in Far Rockaway, N.Y., describes the change the hospital's imaging services has seen with the installation of NovaPACS in May. Its NovaRIS installation is scheduled to be complete this summer.
SJEH selected NovaPACS after comparing it with several other PACS. Allowing doctors to see images from anywhere was the main selling point for SJEH from a diagnostic point of view, said Patricia Gillespie, administrative director of imaging services at St. John Episcopal Hospital. The installation, training and go-live dates all took place within a 16-day period.
"We chose NovaPACS primarily because of its strong reputation in the industry, its hundreds of successful installations and its plan for disaster recovery," said Gillespie. "We plan on it being a very positive return on investment, especially with the savings we will realize by eliminating film and paper."
Additionally, SJEH was impressed by the robust capabilities of NovaRad's NovaRIS and NovaPACS and the good working rapport the NovaRad staff maintains with the hospital. NovaPACS fills the 332-bed community teaching hospital's needs by allowing many procedures, including radiography, ultrasound, CT Scan and echocardiograms, to be available for viewing through NovaPACS server.
The systems will eliminate manual order entry and enhance tracking, scheduling and reporting. Gillespie says other benefits of using NovaPACS include decreasing the amount of storage space, increasing turnaround time and the archiving capabilities that NovaRad makes available to all NovaPACS systems users. SJEH is also training all attending and resident physicians to use the NovaPACS system.
NovaPACS is a fully featured, scalable PACS offered by NovaRad Corporation that is being used in hospitals and diagnostic centers across the globe. NovaRIS is a Web-based, open standards RIS that generates reports, analyzes exams, measures profitability and facilities paperless management of patient records.
