Why get a cardiovascular information system (CVIS)? Just ask Kerry Hamilton, Operations Manager of Heart and Vascular Care at Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale, Georgia.
“Our laborious process in electrocardiogram (ECG) management resulted in lost ECGs, missed revenue and report turnaround times that could take up to four days,” she writes in a recent Cath Lab Digest article. The source of the problem: paper.
Here is how she describes a paper-laden workflow:
Advances in medical imaging make a cardiovascular imaging and information system (CVIS) more important than ever.
A recent article in Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology highlights some of the latest products for cath lab medical imaging systems, including one that improves image resolution ten times, one that reduces the radiation dose needed for a high-quality image, and one that enables hospitals to combine surgical and medical imaging-based interventional procedures in one operating room.
But none of these advances is meant to be used apart from other medical imaging technology such as intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), cardiac echo (ICE) and transesophageal echo (TEE). The only way for medical professionals to bring all of this information together, however, is with a Cardiovascular Information System (CVIS).
