Siemens Healthcare conducted a study with six customers in Germany, Austria and Spain to quantitatively and qualitatively measure the efficiency of the software syngo.via compared to a conventional Advanced Visualization workstation. The study results illustrate that syngo.via can significantly help to save time when reading medical images, without compromising accuracy. For example, the observed average time savings from syngo.via for CT Cardiac amounted to 77 percent compared to other reading solutions. Additionally, the participating clinicians stated that syngo.via is performing better regarding usability than comparable software. Siemens Healthcare announced in its global initiative Agenda 2013 to drive the development of efficiency increasing healthcare IT solutions.

For a clinical institution to be successful, it is essential to obtain the highest possible diagnostic accuracy while maintaining a fast and efficient workflow. The 3D reading and advanced visualization software syngo.via enables clinicians to meet the respective requirements by automatically loading for example CT or MR images into the appropriate application and sorting them into the disease-specific corresponding layout. Manual work steps are eliminated and the clinician can start diagnosing immediately. Siemens designed the syngo.via efficiency study with regard to following questions: What are the time benefits of using syngo.via compared to other reading software for a specific set of images? And which qualitative aspects in the use of syngo.via improve the diagnostic reading process?

Six medical sites participated in the efficiency study which took account of a total number of seven different clinical workflows. To reflect their clinical routine, each participating site determined the case mix and measured 10 to 20 cases per workflow. The analysis of the study data revealed that the use of syngo.via can achieve time savings and patient-centric productivity gains in all of the observed workflows. For example, the observed average time savings from syngo.via for CT Cardiac amounted to 77 percent and for an Oncology Diagnosis with PET/CT to 45 percent. Using syngo.via when diagnosing Oncology and Neurology MR examinations resulted in 32 and 23 percent average time savings, respectively. Analysis of images for CT Vascular was 27 percent and image evaluation for PET/CT and CT Oncology Follow-Up 30 and 16 percent faster compared to a conventional advanced visualization or PACS workstation.

Additionally, Siemens conducted a usability survey among the study participants. They stated that syngo.via is performing better regarding the aspects data preparation, usability of viewing and measurement tools and documentation and reporting than the former software. “syngo.via is an excellent tool to increase the productivity of radiologists working on cardiac images,” said Professor Gudrun Feuchtner from Innsbruck University Hospital in Austria, for example.

Launched by Siemens Healthcare Sector in November 2011, Agenda 2013 is a two-year global initiative to further strengthen the Healthcare Sector’s innovative power and competitiveness. Specific measures will be implemented in four fields of action: Innovation, Competitiveness, Regional Footprint, and People Development.

The outcomes achieved by the Siemens customers during the syngo.via Efficiency Study were achieved in the customer’s unique setting. Since there is no “typical” hospital and many variables exist (e.g. hospital size, case mix, level of IT adoption) please be aware that we cannot guarantee, warrant or represent that others will actually achieve the shown time savings and patient-centric productivity.

Source:http://www.ehealthnews.eu/siemens/3068-imaging-software-syngovia-helps-save-time-without-compromising-accuracy

Snowbound Software, the market leader in document viewing and conversion solutions, is pleased to announce the best financial results in the firm’s fifteen-year history. While the company has been in the black since its inception, and always shown strong quarter-to-quarter growth over the years, the first half of 2011 has proven to be a very promising start to what we hope will continue to be an exceptional year.

Second quarter 2011 sales exceeded the previous Q2 record, and 2011 year to date sales figures are better than 10% over last year’s. Snowbound continues to make significant market gains with several product lines including the firm’s VirtualViewer line of document and image viewing applications and RasterMaster Software Development Toolkits (SDKs) that empower organizations to easily and efficiently add document and image viewing and conversion capabilities into their enterprise document management systems.

Snowbound has made great inroads in several key industries with the company’s VirtualViewer AJAX application including financial services, insurance and healthcare – providing customers and OEMs with universal secure access to documents and images via Web browser. AJAX ‘Pure HTML’ technology doesn’t require installation on the client, and therefore customers’ IT departments don’t have to worry about software, browser or OS compatibility.

Snowbound’s AJAX offering is in great demand due to the simplification of client support issues and ‘anywhere’ secure document access, a boon for document-driven private enterprise clients, as well as many government agencies. Providing efficient document viewing and conversion solutions for insurance claims processing, secure patient records viewing and expedited file conversion and processing for the US Treasury and Postal Service are just a few examples of how organizations are leveraging Snowbound’s technology to their best advantage.

“I’m very proud of everyone’s’ efforts here at Snowbound – the team we’ve assembled is second to none, and has proven to not only meet our expectations, but exceed them at every turn,” enthused Simon Wieczner, president of Snowbound Software. “Here’s to the continued success of our customers and partners as well as to our own people throughout 2011 and beyond – thank you all.

Who is Snowbound Software?

You may not realize it, but you probably interact with us several times every day.

We help deliver your mail, process your insurance forms and claims, expedite your banking transactions and even securely distribute your patient information to healthcare professionals.

Since 1996, our offerings have provided the means to keep information flowing smoothly and securely in the digital age. Using our technology helps organizations better organize and utilize their information, to optimize workflow, and best serve their customers and their employees.

Source:http://www.prleap.com/pr/179711/