Health Management Technology

The new version of CACHE 2007 post-relational database from InterSystems Corporation now includes InterSystems Zen for quickly building rich platform-independent Web applications, and Jalapeno for the elimination of object relational mapping for Java programmers. Zen’s library of prebuilt components allows fast creation and management of complex processes, as well as an AJAX technology extension for RIA development and an advanced embedded security model. Prebuilt components can be extended or new in-house code developed with its object-based extensibility. A shared object client/server data model improves developer productivity by eliminating the parsing of XML, with the application’s close database integration performance and scalability deployment going beyond traditional AJAX environments. CACHE’s Jalapeno allows persist capability of plain old Java objects while eliminating object relational mapping. Java developers can build database-independent applications while taking advantage of direct database access to CACHE without the overhead associated with SQL.

InterSystems Corporation, Cambridge, Mass.
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Clinical Information Systems

Medical Content Visualization

Emageon has added new features to its Enterprise Visual Medical System (EVMS) version 5.30. The EVMS suite of products and services allows physicians and healthcare providers to manage clinical workflow and content management across the enterprise via a visual user interface. Among the new features are Technologist QC, which enables users to edit demographics, merge patient or studies, split studies and correct images from secure workstations in and outside of the enterprise. The new Personal Content Management Tool locally stores end-user selected and retrieved encrypted studies in a folder-based architecture. According to the company, this avoids the “push model” style found in many other systems, allowing simpler remote, on-call and at-home reading for remote/referring clinics. The Enhanced Web Admin feature gives PACS administrators, and Radiology IT and Radiology directors comprehensive data mining capabilities with reports, configuration tools, audit logs, policy-based deletion settings and more.

Emageon Inc. Birmingham, Ala.
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PACS/DICOM/RIS

Upgraded Radiology Capabilities

CARESTREAM Radiology Solutions from Eastman Kodak now include an upgraded picture archiving and communications systems (CARESTREAM PACS) that features support for workflow grid computing, allowing information storage and retrieval from multiple sites in a facility or region. According to the company, workflow grid computing increases availability and redundancy of a multi-site system, more efficient distributed storage system management, rapid archived data delivery and synchronized global worklist and reporting to all sites. The PACS software upgrades include dynamic streaming capabilities for viewing 3D, cardiac CT and other large files without the need for large bandwidth connections. Options include digital dictation, speech recognition and reporting functions for non-integrated radiology information systems. The CARESTREAM RIS now features a complete outpatient practice management system for all aspects of patient workflow in imaging centers while allowing integration with pre-existing patient scheduling and practice management systems.

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N.Y.
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POC/Mobile Workstations/PCs

Expanded Mobile Cabinet Line

The Carepoint-RN Mobile Cabinet Line from McKesson has added a new software package enabling patient profile dispensing, centralized PIN management and medication tracking functions. The software package also integrates with a hospital’s clinical systems for optimal flexibility and fit with existing IT structure and budget. Hospitals can choose onboard computing and power systems to integrate with currently held technology, such as laptop computers, thin client and blade computing solutions. According to the company, the cabinet line can save up to 2.5 hours per nurse per shift, as revealed in a quantitative study conducted at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in Spartanburg S.C. The Carepoint-RN mobile nurse workstations can be purchased with an optional embedded PC, LCD monitor, bar-code imager, keyboard and mouse with scaled component power.

McKesson Corporation, San Francisco.
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Workflow Automation

RFID Asset Tracking

The Philips Asset Tracking Solution from Royal Philips Electronics in conjunction with AeroScout Inc. uses WiFi-based radio frequency ID (RFID) technology to provide a turn-key solution for locating hospital assets in order to improve efficiency, meet regulation requirements and deter theft or loss. Designed around each hospital’s specific use, the system includes wireless tags, a location engine and the MobileView user interface to transmit mobile asset location to an existing 802.11 wireless infrastructure for any networked hospital user. Philips states that Tucson Arizona’s University Medical Center has become the first and largest to implement the company’s WiFi-based asset management system covering eight floors, over a million square feet and 2,300 tagged assets that include a wide range of portable devices. The Asset Tracking Solution suite of services includes implementation, maintenance, operational and change management, as well as end user support and training.

Royal Philips Electronics, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
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