iSOFT launches diagnostic imaging solution

CHENNAI, INDIA: iSOFT Group Limited, a provider in IT health services, today introduced its new iSOFT PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications) solution, enhancing its global portfolio of IT products designed to create a seamless Electronic Health Record.

The iSOFT PACS would integrate with existing solutions, including iSOFT's Radiology Information System (RIS) and Hospital Information System (HIS), said a press release.

The PACS is also embedded as part of LORENZO, iSOFT's next-generation health IT solution to electronically connect patient records across the full spectrum of healthcare provision. iSOFT offers clinicians in both public and private radiology and cardiology departments an technically and functionally advanced PACS solutions that would addresses Medical Image Repository needs.

"Our new iSOFT PACS is a significant development in allowing us to offer an unsurpassed portfolio of solutions that electronically connects patient record content across all healthcare boundaries," said Andrea Fiumicelli, iSOFT's chief operating officer.

In partnership with software developer CDP Medical Developments Ltd., iSOFT now has a diagnostic imaging solution with the functionality, architecture and flexibility to successfully compete on both functional and commercial terms. Together with the company's RIS, which is installed in more than 270 sites, iSOFT would be able to leverage its expertise and complementary imaging systems across its global footprint, the release added.

"iSOFT has a long history of transitioning products between markets. With this new solution, together with our local expertise, complementary systems and significant market penetration, we believe we can further differentiate ourselves in the diagnostic imaging space on both functional and commercial criteria,"added Fiumicelli.