GREENVILLE, S.C., Nov. 27, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- eRAD announced today that it has successfully deployed eRAD PACS and its Mammography Module at Kennedy Health, a multi-hospital system with three acute care hospitals in southern New Jersey.
Kennedy Health is renowned for its clinical outcomes and high-quality healthcare services. eRAD is a subsidiary of RadNet, Inc., and a leading provider of standards-based, web-centric radiology image and data management solutions.
Kennedy Health manages more than 200,000 imaging procedures annually and required a system that could meet the demands of a high-volume environment. To ensure fast throughput and high productivity, it required a PACS that could seamlessly integrate with the existing Radiology Information System (RIS) and speech recognition platform.
eRAD created the necessary HL7 and API interfaces to easily integrate with those systems, as well as an interface for Kennedy Health’s Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) from Mach7 Technologies. “The flexibility of eRAD’s architecture was a driving factor, no question,” said Thomas Balcavage, Senior Vice President of Technology and Program Services for Kennedy Health. “We can pull priors from the VNA and stage them to specific radiologists’ workstations so that they’re ready to view immediately. These sorts of efficiencies make a big difference when you have the kind of volume that we do.”
“This was an exciting project for eRAD to showcase its image routing and workflow tools working alongside a third-party VNA," said Seth Koeppel, Vice President of Sales for eRAD. “Plus, our multi-disciplinary viewing platform will ultimately help Kennedy to move away from viewing silos for its breast imaging needs. This not only saves significantly on costs but increases physician productivity across the enterprise.”
About Kennedy Health Kennedy Health is an integrated healthcare delivery system providing a full continuum of healthcare services, ranging from acute-care hospitals to a broad spectrum of outpatient and wellness programs. A multi-site healthcare provider, Kennedy serves the residents of Camden, Burlington and Gloucester counties in New Jersey. For more information, visit www.kennedyhealth.org .
Contact: Thomas Balcavage Senior Vice President of Technology and Program Services 856-566-2067 | t.balcavage@kennedyhealth.org
About eRAD, Inc. eRAD offers a complete suite of workflow solutions for the imaging industry. Its Meaningful Use Certified Stage 2 RIS, web-based PACS, and multi-site workflow solutions are used by teleradiology businesses, specialty reading groups, multi-site reading groups, hospitals, and outpatient imaging centers. With over 500 customers in the U.S. and abroad, eRAD’s products are available as cloud-based hosted solutions, or as in-house enterprise solutions. For more information, visit www.erad.com .
Contact: Seth Koeppel, SVP Sales Cell: 617-821-4175 | skoeppel@erad.com
About RadNet, Inc. RadNet, Inc. is the leading national provider of freestanding, fixed-site diagnostic imaging services in the United States based on the number of locations and annual imaging revenue. RadNet has a network of 306 owned and/or operated outpatient imaging centers. RadNet’s core markets include California, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Florida and Rhode Island. In addition, RadNet provides radiology information technology solutions, teleradiology professional services and other related products and services to customers in the diagnostic imaging industry. Together with affiliated radiologists, and inclusive of full-time and per diem employees and technicians, RadNet has more than 7,000 employees. For more information, visit www.radnet.com .
