Philips and Nuvodia work together to bring leading edge Philips PACS to more facilities

Andover, Mass. – Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) today announced it will work with Nuvodia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Inland Imaging Investments, Inc., to bring Philips picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) to more hospitals, medical practices and imaging facilities across the country. PACS help radiologists and clinicians organize images and data into actionable clinical insights. However, implementing and maintaining a PACS can be a complex, time-consuming and expensive process for many smaller hospitals and facilities.
 
”Working with Nuvodia, we plan to help simplify this process  by offering this leading-edge technology to  rural hospitals, smaller institutions, imaging centers, orthopedic centers and oncology practices that may lack the resources to purchase and maintain a dynamic PACS,” said Matt Long, vice president, Clinical Informatics, for Philips Healthcare. “Through Nuvodia, customers will be able to purchase Philips IntelliSpace PACS on a fee-per-study basis eliminating expensive upfront costs, complete with all the necessary hardware and software, and full-service maintenance.”
 
IntelliSpace PACS includes features specifically geared to meet the needs of imaging’s rapidly evolving technological environments. This includes an interoperable, open Application Programming Interface (API) that allows for advanced application customization and interfacing with a hospital’s IT solutions. Through the collaboration, Nuvodia’s eRadiology secure cloud will host and maintain the system database, and customers will have onsite image storage with full access to all of its features through unlimited web-deployable enterprise and diagnostic workstations.
 
“Bringing a PACS to our small hospital has always seemed like a daunting task requiring more time and investment than we could give with our current resources,” said Steve Schindler, RT, ARDMS, imaging manager, Providence Healthcare Stevens County, Mount Carmel in Colville, Wash. “It is imperative as a rural hospital to have this sort of networking potential to the larger referral facilities. Also, many patients are seen at various physicians’ offices and rural/urban facilities in eastern Washington.”
 
Optionally through InteliSpace PACS, customers will also be able to utilize Nuvodia’s eRadiology program, a service in which physicians can digitally send images to medical specialists for rapid consultations. This is particularly helpful for smaller facilities which may not have certain specialists on staff.
 
“Using a PACS has many tangible benefits for hospital clinicians and patients, and is indispensible for clinicians making complicated medical decisions for their patients,” said Jon Copeland, CEO, for Nuvodia. “We are very pleased to be working with Philips so that more hospitals can access these advantages – better organized medical imaging information, improved productivity and streamlined workflow with the end goal of improved patient care.”