Baptist Health Pacs Success Story

Baptist Health Enhances Patient Care with PACS Case Study At a Glance Organization Baptist Health Little Rock, Ark. – Eight hospitals – Six outpatient imaging centers – 315,000 imaging studies per year – 6,000 referring physicians – 38... More

Baptist Health Enhances Patient Care with PACS Case Study At a Glance Organization Baptist Health Little Rock, Ark. – Eight hospitals – Six outpatient imaging centers – 315,000 imaging studies per year – 6,000 referring physicians – 38 radiologists (contracted reading group) Solution Spotlight – Horizon Medical ImagingTM Critical Issues – Limited access to medical images – High turnaround times for radiology reports to referring physicians Results – Created the ability to share patient images regardless of where the patient is seen – Reduced radiology report turnaround times – Streamlined processes so high-priority studies can be turned around almost immediately spanning as much as 150 miles. Without a digital imaging system to share patient images and reports, ER physicians had no way to conduct an online consult with Baptist Health radiologists. This situation meant that patients often had to be transferred to another hospital to resolve Less