CoActiv Debuts Next-Generation EXAM-PACS® at SIIM ‘08
Advanced New Features Streamline Multi-Slice Image Review, Speed Workflow and Fully Support Microsoft Vista® Operating System
Seattle, May 14, 2008 - -CoActiv Medical™, the innovative developer and marketer of radiology and related healthcare imaging information technologies, debuts its next-generation EXAM- PACS v. 2.1 here at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) conference. The latest release of the advanced Web-based application combines a range of innovative new features and functionalities with the proven technologies that have made EXAM-PACS a recognized leader in digital radiology management.
Mastering Workflow for Large Datasets
Debuting in the latest version of EXAM-PACS is a sophisticated CoActiv Auto-Synch feature that automatically synchronizes image display across multiple overlapping image stacks, as the radiologist scrolls through a single image series. This is particularly valuable, for example, if a radiologist is simultaneously displaying an image series formatted with several different window and level settings and wishes to compare the same slice under a variety of viewing parameters.
Similarly streamlining navigation through image stacks with different orientations, when the radiologist selects an image, an advanced new Auto Intersect feature automatically locates and displays intersecting images across all image stacks on the screen. For example, when a sagittal slice is selected, coronal and axial images intersecting with this image will display automatically, along with cursor and reference line indicators.
By streamlining image review across today’s ever-expanding data sets, these two sophisticated features add important new efficiencies to the multi slice image interpretation process, saving radiologists significant time.
“These features mean that a radiologist no longer must scroll through hundreds of slices to locate desired image information,” said Ed Heere, President and CEO of CoActiv. “EXAM-PACS Auto-Synch and Auto-Intersect features translate to important new efficiencies as well as enhanced accuracy of interpretation for any multi-slice exam. The features were developed at the request of CoActiv users to automate common image interpretation tasks.”
Vista Support, Sophisticated Scanning and More
Also debuting in the latest version of EXAM-PACS is compatibility with the Microsoft® Windows Vista® operating system. “This important enhancement also was added at the request of CoActiv customers,” notes Heere. “Although radiology sites themselves may not be making the change to Vista, more and more referring physicians are using the new platform. Naturally, our imaging site customers want to cater to needs of their referring physicians,” he said.
A referring physician who has had an opportunity to use the new feature, Larry S. Wasser, M.D., FCCP, of Associated Pulmonologists of Western Connecticut reports, “CoActiv on Vista is fantastic. It is super fast and delivers a range of perks. With it, you could tremendously outpace the competition.”
Complementing this, CoActiv introduces a range of new, fully automated document scanning features, which offer important support for high-volume facilities and deliver a higher level of efficiency for any practice in today’s increasingly paperless workplace. Among these features are two-sided paper scanning that automatically speeds the duplex scanning process by detecting and eliminating blank pages and allowing customizable automatic document naming.
Combined with CoActiv PAPERLESS-PACS™ functionality, these scanning features also renders important new levels of efficiency by eliminating management and storage of hardcopy technologist notes, insurance pre-certifications, release forms, power of attorney releases, US sheets, mammo sheets and more. Using built-in CoActiv PAPERLESS-PACS, these documents are scanned and attached to digital exams for instant review in both the CoActiv EXAM- CONSOLE™ and EXAM-VIEWER™ applications.
Along with these features, the new state-of-the-art application provides enhanced management of patient prior exams, which now open and close automatically with current studies. It also delivers flexible barcode printing directly from the EXAM-PACS application, more comprehensive and customizable search and worklist features, as well as one-button selection of mouse modes, such as window/level, slice and pan from an enhanced global toolbar.
Also new is a unique and intuitive image toolbar, which provides instant one-click image re- sizing and MPR/3D access.
“CoActiv has always been committed to offering a state-of-the art product at a reasonable price and to pioneering new features that lead the industry,” said Heere.
Also being demonstrated at SIIM is new exceptionally fast EXAM-PACS acquisition, viewing, distribution and affordable HIPAA-compliant archiving of the large digital echocardiology data sets.
About CoActiv Medical
CoActiv Medical is a software and IT systems provider to hospitals and imaging centers, offering a complete line of PACS, teleradiology and DICOM utilities through their EXAM- PACS® picture archiving and communications system. EXAM-PACS is an all-inclusive, affordable, enterprise PACS and RIS solution with image management tools designed for easy integration into imaging facilities of all sizes. CoActiv also offers modular PACS components, including the EXAM-FILER® CD-Burning Solution, EXAM-VAULT® Archive Solution, patent-pending EXAM-SENDER® Referring Physician System, EXAM-3D™ full-featured 3D color reconstruction and visualization, EXAM-NET™ Teleradiology suite and EXAM-RIS™. These are all also available individually to add advanced functionality for imaging facilities with existing PACS solutions. Contact CoActiv at (203) 431-0002; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; www.coactiv.com.
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