CoActiv Helps Project Renewal’s ScanVan Deliver Quality Healthcare to the Homeless
Provides Complete Digital Acquisition, Distribution and Archiving for TB Imaging
June 7, 2007 – Providence, RI – CoActiv Medical™, the innovative developer and marketer ofradiology and related healthcare imaging information technologies, has been selected to supply acomplete digital imaging solution for the Project Renewal ScanVan program serving New YorkCity’s homeless beginning this summer. The ScanVan is the nation’s first mobile clinic ever todeliver both mammography and x-ray imaging, which will be used for tuberculosis (TB)screening.
As part of its not-for-profit outreach, CoActiv will supply its EXAM-PACS®, EXAMNET™ teleradiology and EXAM-VAULT® QUAD-REDUNDANT ARCHIVING™ solutionsfor the ScanVan at a special price. Vans will visit city homeless shelters in all five boroughs andprovide digital x-ray imaging for the people with positive TB skin tests, as well as film-basedmammograms.
When the program converts to full-field digital mammography in the future, CoActiv willalso support acquisition, analysis, distribution, and archiving for these exams, as well as otherfuture modalities as the program expands.
Following an imaging procedure, data will be distributed to Project Renewal’s twocontract radiologists for diagnostic interpretation using CoActiv’s new EXAM-Net teleradiologytechnology. Upon acquisition, images will be automatically sent to a local CoActiv Acquire &Forward™ notebook server in the van and sent wirelessly for temporary storage to a hostedEXAM-SERVER™ in CoActiv’s Tier-IV data center in Tarrytown, NY. From there, the system will automatically route images via the Internet for reading and reporting on the radiologists’workstations using CoActiv’s advanced EXAM-PACS®. All digital image communication willbe secure and fully HIPAA-compliant.
As part of the CoActiv solution, through the EXAM-VAULT® QUAD-REDUNDANTARCHIVING™ system, exams then will be sent for synchronous storage on multi-terabytemirrored RAID arrays in both the NY and the new Stamford, CT CoActiv/Level (3) archivecenters. They also will be stored on removable digital media in two additional geographicallydispersed locations.
Using the CoActiv system, Project Renewal also will have the option of making allexams available to its providing physicians for clinical review through the EXAM-Netteleradiology module. Images also may be sent to referring doctors and specialists forconsultation purposes through CoActiv’s innovative EXAM-SENDER®, which automaticallytransmits both medical images and related medical data to authorized users in a backgroundmode.
“We applaud the efforts of Project Renewal and their innovative ScanVan,” commentedEdward Heere, President and CEO of CoActiv Medical. “This is an excellent programaddressing a significant need. Everyone deserves quality medical care, and we are proud to playsome small role in helping to fill the gap in services for New Yorkers with limited access tohealthcare.”
“TB rates among the homeless are 11 times greater than for the housed population, andmammograms are important for all women,” commented Christie Williams, chief developmentofficer for Project Renewal. “This is an urgently needed program that brings medical caredirectly to patients where they can access it. High-quality digital image communication andarchiving is an important part of the program. CoActiv came highly recommended, and we areextremely pleased to incorporate their technology.”
The ScanVan will begin operation this summer and continue on an ongoing basis. Alongwith mammograms and TB x-ray imaging, it also will deliver TB skin tests and manual breastexams as well as counseling and education. The Van is expected to provide services for 5,000people during its inaugural year.
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 EXAMPACS® picture archiving and communications system (PACS). EXAM-PACS® is an allinclusive,affordable, enterprise PACS solution with image management tools designed for easyintegration into imaging facilities of all sizes and specialties, including, Radiology, Cardiology,Orthopedics, Mammography, as well as patient treatment planning systems. CoActiv also offersmodular PACS components, including the EXAM-FILER® CD-Burning Solution, EXAMVAULT® Archive Solution, patent-pending EXAM-SENDER® Referring Physician System,EXAM-3D™ full-featured 3D color reconstruction and visualization, and EXAM-NET™teleradiology suite. These are available separately for integration into existing imaging facilities.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.
About Project Renewal
Project Renewal's mission is to renew the lives of homeless men and women in NewYork City. The organization focuses its efforts on the neediest and least-served of the city'sindigent population - men and women who, in addition to being without a home, cope withmental illness and/or addiction to drugs or alcohol.
Project Renewal (PRI) is the only organization in New York that provides everythinghomeless people need to move from the streets to independent living. Project Renewal providescomprehensive healthcare services to homeless and poor New Yorkers, irrespective of theirability to pay through its PRI Healthcare subsidiary.
All of its programs are based on a philosophy of personal responsibility and mutualrespect among clients and between staff and clients. Having helped thousands of indigent NewYorkers renew their lives, Project Renewal is proud to be regarded as one of the nation's mostrespected organizations working on behalf of homeless people.
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