Digisonics Structured Reporting Solutions Create Workflow Efficiencies for Hospitals

Online, April 27, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Pella Regional Health Center in Pella, Iowa has selected Digisonics Structured Reporting Software for their radiology studies. The standards-based and vendor neutral Digisonics Structured Reporting Software combines professional reporting and an integrated clinical database for all study types including cardiology, vascular, OB/GYN and general ultrasound.

Digisonics also offers the ability to interface the Structured Reporting Software with a variety of PACS vendors, creating a seamless and efficient workflow for radiologists and sonographers. Users have the ability to review images from patient studies within their PACS workstation while receiving the benefits of Digisonics Structured Reporting Software - fast and easy recording of study findings in a professional clinical report and a single database for all modalities. Pella Regional Health Center will interface their Digisonics Structured Reporting Software directly with their incumbent McKesson PACS.

Digisonics DataLinks will create additional workflow efficiencies by autopopulating patient demographics and measurements directly into the structured report via integration with the facility's Siemens Acuson ultrasound machines, saving valuable time and eliminating the potential for input errors. Added HL7 interfaces will connect Digisonics Structured Reporting Software directly with Pella Regional Health Center's Meditech EMR for Orders In and Results Out.

Pella Regional Health Center is a private, non-profit provider of health care accredited by The Joint Commission. Since opening in 1960, Pella Regional has grown from a facility to care for the acutely ill to a system that includes the hospital, outpatient services, medical clinics and residential facilities. The hospital is operated as a Critical Access Hospital, staffing 25 acute-care beds. Pella Regional Health Center strives to lead the region in providing compassionate service and clinical excellence through their health ministries.