CASE STUDIES
International Teleradiology Corporation (ITC)
The Challenge
ITC is a global after-hours radiology coverage service provider. The ITC headquarters is located in Sydney, Australia and has multiple satellite offices in the Middle East, South Africa, and Europe. ITC takes advantage of the world time zone differences to provide high quality radiology reports by medical professionals who are awake, alert, and dedicated. The ITC challenge was finding the technology to transmit radiology images across the world in a timely, efficient, and secure manner.
The Solution
Neurostar`s teleradiology solution has connected multiple hospitals and imaging centers to various ITC locations around the globe. The flawless solution has allowed ITC to expand exponentially and drastically increase radiology coverage. Neurostar`s MediSecure ™ product ensures adherence to ALL HIPAA requirements and our proprietary MediCom ™ DICOM distribution system allows ITC to maintain a competitive advantage with aggressive service level agreements with 30 minute report turn around times.
MedQuest
The Challenge
MedQuest Associates, headquartered in Atlanta, GA, is a leading operator of fixed-site, outpatient diagnostic imaging centers. The Company operates a network of 77 centers in 12 states primarily throughout the southeastern and southwestern United States. MedQuest has grown rapidly and profitably in its 10 years of operation. The MedQuest challenge was finding a highly reliable PACS system with virtually limitless scalability.
The Solution
After months of searching, MedQuest found the Neurostar enterprise web-based PACS solution to be the most cost effective system in the market with the scalability, reliability, and speed required by the MedQuest network. Neurostar`s open architecture approach has allowed multiple disparate MedQuest sites to be linked flawlessly. Our software solutions fully integrate with off the shelf hardware to minimize costs by eliminating the need for large scale capital expenditures.
Piedmont Hospital
The Challenge
Piedmont Hospital is a 500 bed private, not-for-profit acute-care tertiary facility offering most major medical, surgical and diagnostic services. With decreasing reimbursements, the Piedmont challenge was to find a cost effective solution to offset the surmounting costs and inefficiencies of printing, storage, and distribution of film to referring physicians.
The Solution
Starting in the neonatal unit, Neurostar was able to successfully streamline the distribution and retrieval of radiology images with a custom tailored web-based PACS solution. Neurostar produced a flexible, affordable, and secure system for digital image distribution that can be accessed from any personal computer`s web browser. Today, the Neurostar web-based PACS system has been implemented across multiple hospital departments and over 200 satisfied physicians utilize the Neurostar system.
