Streamline Echocardiography Workflows

Horizon Cardiology™ Echo and Vascular Ultrasound streamlines echocardiography technician and physician throughput while improving patient care. A major workflow improvement is the reduction in time the physician needs to review and complete the report through the robust Web-enabled reporting module.

Here's how the system works:

• DICOM modality work lists send orders to the echovascular cart
• The ultrasound cart sends DICOM Images and Structured Reports (SR) to Horizon Cardiology
• One central cardiac patient file holds all of this information, including echovascular images, measurements and other ultrasound machine data

The end result? No more video and paper-and a drastic reduction in data entry errors.

Horizon Cardiology Echo and Vascular Ultrasound are part of the comprehensive Cardiovascular Imaging and Information System (CVIS), a single solution joining cardiac and peripheral catheterization, hemodynamics monitoring, nuclear cardiology and ECG management. The system seamlessly integrates with RIS/PACS, inventory, billing, orders, and work lists to ensure accurate and timely transfer of patient information.

Horizon Cardiology Echovascular Benefits

• Enhances echocardiography decision making by providing access to aggregated echovascular information and cardiovascular imaging, stored in one patient-centric database
• Improves workflow and productivity by enabling users to view images and information over local or remote networks and by providing the simultaneous review of images and reports, leading to significant time and cost savings for the echovascular department
• Streamlines processes by enabling users to sign reports electronically from any location over the Web
• Reduces labor requirements by generating transcription-quality final reports quickly and easily

Horizon Cardiology Echovascular Features

• Digital workflow capabilities enable users to efficiently acquire, review and store images
• Comprehensive and highly customizable reporting software makes it possible to meet all needs from one workstation, locally or over the Internet
• Advanced functionality including complete peripheral vascular ultrasound, TTE, TEE and stress reporting modules helps to meet all echovascular needs
• The echovascular system automatically imports all ultrasound machine measurements, either through DICOM Structured Reporting, or through optical character recognition
• The Charge Manager captures technical and professional charges according to the structured data entered into the system
• Compliant with Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL) and the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) guidelines in terms of report organization, procedure protocol and mandatory data elements
• Compliant with Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL) guidelines in terms of report organization, procedure protocol and mandatory data elements

To learn more, contact us or visit our All About CVIS Web site.