Central Peninsula General Hospital is DR Systems First PACS Contract in Alaska.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- Central Peninsula General Hospital (CPGH CPGH Central Peninsula General Hospital (Soldotna, Alaska) ) of Soldotna, Alaska Soldotna is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 3,759. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city had a population of 4,087.[1] It is the seat of the Kenai Peninsula Borough. , has awarded a contract to DR Systems for its Dominator(TM) PACS (Picture ArChiving System) A storage and management system for high-resolution images. Typically pertaining to the medical field, images such as X-rays, MRIs and CAT scans require a greater amount of storage than other industries. . The turnkey system A complete system of hardware and software delivered to the customer ready-to-run. In other words, just "turn the key" and go.  A Turnkey Video System installation includes the main CPGH facility in Soldotna and their satellite health center in Kenai. "The efficiencies and improved quality of healthcare facilitated by the DR Systems PACS include the common user friendly interface at all the PACS workstations, our referring doctors' ability to clinically review cases at their home or office," says Doug Wehrli, CPGH Director of Radiology, "and nearly instant access to in-progress study images by our ER docs for making life saving decisions more quickly." CPGH's enterprise PACS solution features DR Systems' patented reading physician's automated hanging protocols and report format preferences of individual referring physicians. Automated hanging protocols allows a physician's individual preferences for how the images are to be properly windowed Win´dowed a. 1. Having windows or openings. and leveled, cropped and zoomed, in the proper series, and are annotated with montage, voice clip and full report. DR Systems' image Central Server and Communicator(TM) Web Server will be integrated into CPGH's new HP(R) DL380 G4 Servers and will be interfaced to the MEDITECH(R) MAGIC(R) HCIS HCIS Health Care Information System (British Library) HCIS Hwa Chong International School (Singapore) HCIS Homenet Computers Internet Services (Australia) . For 35 years Central Peninsula General Hospital has had a reputation for providing quality health care to the Alaskan Central Peninsula communities, which encompasses a service area of over 25,600 square miles. With 46 beds, CPGH maintains a staff of 300 qualified healthcare professionals. DR Systems is rated the #1 PACS vendor by MD Buyline in their April 2005 Intelligence Report; ranked #2 by KLAS KLAS Keystone Library Automation System in their 2004 Top 20 Year End Best in KLAS Community Clinical and Ancillary Solutions Report, and ranked #3 in their 2004 Top 20 Year End Best in KLAS Acute Care Report. About DR Systems, Inc. DR Systems, Inc. is the leading independent provider of scalable, film-free medical systems and paperless information systems for diagnostic imaging centers and hospitals. For 12 years, the company has helped more than 250 hospitals and imaging centers improve the management of patient information, eliminate film costs, and increase workflow speed, all while providing better clinical quality and patient care. DR Systems' unified RIS/PACS integrates numerous tools to improve financial performance and productivity, including: client-server distribution and Web-based distribution. For more information, call 800-794-5955 or visit www.dominator.com. |
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