Cancer Care
In the treatment of cancer, medical images play a significant
role in diagnosing and staging, localizing anatomy, and planning
and verifying treatments. Clinicians use both diagnostic and
treatment images to manage patient care and evaluate patient
response to treatment; but these images alone provide only a
partial picture. IMPAC enables clinicians to easily access and
review images as part of a comprehensive electronic medical
record (EMR) that provides a complete picture of patient care.
Beyond the Paper Chart
IMPAC provides a fully image-enabled chart capable of storing
and managing all the images required in the oncology process,
was well as other medical images – diagnostic images, pathology
slides, follow-up studies. In addition to providing a central,
accessible source for all oncology data and images,
image-enabled charting also helps facilitate the therapy process
by encouraging timely review of patient images. Oncology centers
also see economic benefits to the use of an image-enabled EMR,
including decreased film processing and storage costs, and
improved staff productivity.
Streamlined Image Review
In less than a minute from being generated, a radiation therapy
setup image is available for review at the physician’s
workstation. The system facilitates online review by providing
tools to compare and analyze 2D as well as 3D reference and
portal images to ensure accurate treatment setups, and validate
IMRT and IGRT plans. The physician can then approve the image or
reject it with requested modifications – without ever leaving
the office. And the therapist can carry out the physician’s
instructions quickly and efficiently without ever having to
leave the patient.
Medical Image Management
IMPAC’s image-enabled EMR is designed specifically to support
clinical decision-making in the course of oncology treatment
planning and delivery, as well as provide a central repository
for oncology data and images – regardless of equipment.
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Image-Enabled charting facilitates clinical
processes that require both data and images.
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