New CARESTREAM Enterprise Information Management Software Option Can Help Image-Enable EMR Systems

New CARESTREAM Enterprise Information Management Software Option Can Help Image-Enable EMR Systems

A new software option for KODAK CARESTREAM Enterprise Information Management (EIM) from Eastman Kodak Company offers healthcare providers more convenient access to patients’ medical imaging exams while facilitating integration of images with electronic medical record (EMR) systems. This optional feature, the Watch Clinician Patient Repository Access for CARESTREAM EIM, is now available worldwide.

“Our newest EIM software enhancement provides nurses, physicians and other clinicians with centralized access to a variety of critical imaging exams,” said Michael W. Jackman, General Manager, Healthcare Information Solutions, and Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company. “In addition, this software can help image-enable EMRs, since these systems are usually limited to transactional data and do not offer access to imaging applications.”

Physicians, for example, can open imaging files stored in cardiology, oncology and other imaging systems in addition to traditional radiographic procedures available through the picture archiving and communications system (PACS). Cardiology and oncology studies are normally available only from dedicated system workstations. This simplified image access enhances the diagnostic process and simultaneously delivers improved staff and clinician productivity by negating the need to go to several locations. Access is tightly controlled by system administrators: physicians and staff may be granted either read-only or read/write privileges, and access can further be limited to individual patients or specific exam modalities.

Kodak’s new viewing software provides access to images through a Web-based content browser that allows users to view patient files archived on systems managed by Kodak’s EIM platform. In addition to imaging studies, the new software option provides access to other types of fixed content, including lab reports and a variety of patient documents.

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