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Lumedx, cardiovascular information systems developer, has integrated the Philips Healthcare QLAB advanced 2D and 3D ultrasound quantification tools to its CardioPACS imaging solution for better diagnostic accuracy.
Written by Mike Bassett
As the U.S. population gets increasingly older (the number of Americans over 65 is expected to increase a little more than 12 percent now to almost 20 percent by 2030), the demands on the nation’s health system—particularly in the area of cardiology—will continue to multiply.
A complete, truly integrated cardiovascular information system (CVIS) does not exist today, based on the opinion of most healthcare providers, according to a new report by healthcare market research firm KLAS.
Lumedx and Mennen Medical have signed a strategic partnership agreement to provide integrated cath lab data that streams hemodynamic cardiovascular patient data to their customers.
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University of California, (UC) Davis Medical Center has selected medical imaging and information systems provider, Lumedx, to manage its clinical and operational data, by purchasing Lumedx Apollo structured reporting, analytics and interoperability products for its heart and vascular centers.
Lumedx has implemented its cardiovascular PACS at seven hospital affiliates within Iowa Health System.
Lumedx has introduced a new software module designed to collect interventional radiology procedural information at the point of care.
Lumedx, a provider of integrated cardiovascular imaging and information systems, has introduced the latest version of its CardioGate interface management solution.
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The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
During the Health IT Standards Committee meeting on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C., the Clinical Operations Workgroup sought to gather comments on proposed recommendations on implementation specifications for content exchange, vocabulary and code set standards for the Interim Final Rule of meaningful use.
In 2006, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), a branch of the FDA, began examining the number of medical device reports they received. Over the past two years, the number of submitted reports has increased, sparking a demand for the CDRH to make a move to electronic reporting.
A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.