#IMAGECAST SOFTWARE FOR HEALTHCARE SOFTWARE#
Hotkey software (AutoHotkey) was installed on 7 PACS work stations running Imagecast software (GE) and Hyperspace EMR (Epic Systems). In order to improve access to such resources, we developed and evaluated three computer scripts that link image viewing software to the EMR, an interesting case database, and online references using single keystrokes, or programmed “hotkeys”.
These tools are often not integrated into an image viewer, and may lack efficient accessibility in a fast-paced environment. The widespread availability of digital resources such as electronic medical records (EMRs) and online references provide the radiologist with an unprecedented number of tools to aid in diagnostic imaging.
Old habits are hard to break.Hotkey computer scripts are a low-cost method to effectively integrate PACS image viewing software with multiple electronic resources, thus improving the availability of supplemental digital information in diagnostic imaging. This has been working well for all the GE-IDX clients. This makes it easier to track the software family tree. My ideal solution would be to adopt hyphenated names like married hyphenated names. I wonder how long it’s going to be until Ingenix Claims Manager will be something like “Optimize Claims Suite III.” However, to their credit it is still branded as Ingenix, and when you click on the link for OptiumInsight it takes you back to the Ingenix web site. You have to drill down to OptiumInsight to find the old product. Even for an experienced web surfer it is hard to find what you’re looking for, a desktop computer, a washing machine, MRI…OH! there it is, software for physicians. Their old web site dumps you into the IBM home page, just like if you look up IDX and you end up in the GE site. Look up Initiate and you will find that it is now IBM. The one thing they do not mess with is the product name. But you don’t go buy a P&G product, you buy Bounty, Cascade or Tide, etc. You would be amazed the amount of products P&G offers. I did a case study once on Proctor and Gamble. During my undergrad marketing course one thing they drilled home was that branding is everything. You almost need a crosswalk table to figure out what you purchased and what they are calling these days. Flowcast is now called Centricity Business, Groupcast is now Centricity Group Management, Carecast is Centricity Enterprise, Imagecast is now Centricity PACS, and Logician is now Centricity Practice Solutions which now includes the old Millbrook PM product if you needed it.Īre you confused yet?! You should be. After it was acquired by GE everything was rebranded again. If you are not familiar with their product line, here is a little primer: The IDX Company had a product line it referred to as “Flowcast” for ambulatory, Groupcast (formerly GPMS) for smaller practices, Carecast (formerly Lastword) for hospitals, Imagecast (formerly IDX Rad) for radiology imagining, and Logician EMR (formerly MedicaLogic). I still call it “IDX” most of the customers still call it IDX although it was rebranded in 2005 when GE acquired it. These are just a few products that have been “rebranded.” But some habits are hard to break. Finally, IDX was the software used for practice management, EMR, radiology and HIS. Initiate offers a tool that helps you determine the amount of duplicate medical records that are in your data base. Ingenix Claims Manager scrubs electronic claims before sending them to payers. As customers and industry watchers we grow accustomed to the various names of products and know exactly what it does based on its name. Our industry often expands as some companies acquire others.
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