IMS now allows clinicians to manage and view laboratory and pathology reports, imaging exams, video files, DICOM images, and other types of patient data through one virtual desktop, according to the Rochester, NY-based vendor. It uses standards such as the XDS protocol to store and retrieve fixed-content file types, while HL7 is employed to receive and store reports together with clinical patient data and other documents from clinical information systems, Carestream said.
In other archiving developments, Carestream has added expanded features to its eHealth Managed Services offering, which provides long-term archiving, multisite workflow, and information distribution for a per-gigabyte fee.
