White Papers
In this section you can read a number of White Papers covering a range of topical subjects to help you better understand industry issues.
IMPAX Insights #4 - The Challenges of Managing Clinical Enterprise Data
Enterprise based solutions are dramatically changing the business of healthcare informatics. They are redefining everything from the how departments and disciplines work to how people and healthcare organizations interact. The challenges across the Enterprise from business processes to the quality of care a patient receives.. Patient care is provided across multiple entities, from the general practitioner through the specialist and then to the Hospital. These entities are defined as the Healthcare Enterprise. Health Care Information Technology (HCIT) vendors must provide market solutions that simplify administration, enables Integrated Patient Centric Care, enhances physician information, personifies interoperability, and maintains continuity of care. Indeed, these solutions would empower clinicians & patients by giving them more choice and greater access to information.
IMPAX Insights #7 - All about IHE
Envision a day when vital information can be passed seamlessly from system to system within and across departments, and then made available at the point of care. IHE is designed to make this vision a reality by improving the state of systems integration and removing some of the barriers to optimal patient care.
IMPAX Insights #5 - IMPAX® 6 security approach
Delivering a secure environment has always been one of Agfa HealthCare’s most important customer commitments. IMPAX®, including our RIS Gateway was the first PACS solutions to pass the rigors of the US Department of Defense’s Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Program. With the release of the IMPAX 6 platform, Agfa HealthCare renewed this commitment by improving and expanding this level of security using some of the latest technologies known at the time of this release. The security features described in this issue provide one of the most secure PACS systems on the market today. The site has the capability to be in full control of their system and personnel without having to rely on a 3rd party, therefore saving time and money whilst having the peace of mind that they have a fully secure system.
IMPAX Insights #3 - How to Build a Better Healthcare IT Infrastructure
Agfa HealthCare became a leading provider of IT solutions to the medical community by listening to our customers, learning about their needs and their working environment, and then developing solutions that are tested in close collaboration with healthcare professionals. By listening to the needs of clinicians, administrators, and IT managers of hospitals, healthcare facilities, imaging centers, and office practices of all sizes, a collective vision of easily accessible, multi-department, multi-modality diagnostic and procedure information becomes clear. Agfa HealthCare is committed to making that vision a reality for our customers.
IMPAX Insights #2 - The IMPAX Interface
The environment in which a radiologist works requires special consideration of how a diagnostic interface should look and behave. In particular, the design should reflect the reality that users will be in front of the interface for extended periods of time, which can lead to side effects such as eye fatigue, headaches and mood swings. Agfa has studied this physical drain, and through the careful use of color and style we are delivering a way to further improve productivity while bringing much-needed relief to the radiologist.