ComView Corporation Launches First-Of-Its-Kind eTeleCardiology Service.Business & Health/Medical Editors PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--March 13, 2000 Free Service Will Empower Cardiologists To View, Store and Share Images Via The Internet, Reducing Medical Costs and Improving Collaboration ComView Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of innovative products used for the capture, transfer, storage and display of cardiac medical images, today announced the launch of a new TeleMedicine ("long distance" medicine) Using a videoconferencing link to a large medical center in order that rural health care facilities can perform diagnosis and treatment. A specialist can monitor the patient remotely taking cues from the general practitioner or nurse who is actually examining Network. Now available at www.ComView.com, the company's new eTeleCardiology Service will offer a revolutionary way for data and information to be transmitted and used by cardiologists. This new free service is the first in a series of service offerings that will be supported through the new ComView TeleMedicine Network, a point-of-care destination that allows cardiac studies, reports and information to be sent to anyone, anywhere via the Internet. "ComView is making new strides in medicine by creating the ComView TeleMedicine Network," said Joseph Storm, Chief Executive Officer of ComView Corporation. "This service works by freely distributing the point-of-care tools and services that will improve the ability of physicians to communicate with their patients and to better collaborate with other physicians in order to quickly and efficiently improve care quality at lower costs." ComView's Technology Platform and Product Evolution ComView offers a full line of high-performance digital products to record, view, archive, network and generate reports for workstations that support cath lab A catheterization laboratory or cath lab is an examination room in a hospital or clinic with diagnostic imaging equipment to support the catheterization procedure. A catheter is inserted into a large artery, and various wires and devices can be inserted through the body via , angiography angiography or arteriography X-ray examination of arteries and veins with a contrast medium to differentiate them from surrounding organs. The contrast medium is introduced through a catheter to show the blood vessels and the structures they supply, including , ultrasound ultrasound or sonography, in medicine, technique that uses sound waves to study and treat hard-to-reach body areas. In scanning with ultrasound, high-frequency sound waves are transmitted to the area of interest and the returning echoes recorded , and nuclear medicine imaging nuclear medicine imaging, n the diagnostic imaging field that evaluates organ function by injecting isotopes into a structure and documenting the amount of radiation emanating from the tissues. needs. ComView systems are installed in some of the nation's leading medical facilities with scaleable solutions available for small, single-site community hospitals to large enterprise hospital systems that require the ability to link multiple facilities together. ComView made a significant industry announcement at the American College of Cardiology The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is a nonprofit medical association established in 1949 to educate, research and influence health care public policy. The president for the 2006–2007 year is Steven E. Nissen. [1] The organization has 39 chapters in the U.S. in 1999 when it launched the company's ViewStarPC(TM) software product. This powerful diagnostic tool is now used by thousands of physicians worldwide and is the only commercial product of its kind that is offered for free. As a result, in less than a year, ViewStarPC(TM) has become the standard freeware Software that is distributed without charge and which may be redistributed without charge by its users. However, ownership is retained by the developer who may change future releases from freeware to a paid product (feeware). See shareware, free software and public domain software. cardiac viewer on the Internet. The company today unveiled a new version of the ViewStarPC(TM) software, which now offers a direct interface with the Internet and a gateway to the company's new eTeleCardiology Service. The simple-to-use JAVA(TM) based ViewStarPC(TM) has proven to be reliable, easy to install and stable on a wide range of PCs, including Windows(TM) 95, 98 and NT. It will soon support Windows 2000(TM). ViewStarPC(TM) is being used to read Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM (medical, standard) DICOM - (From Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine) A standard developed by ACR-NEMA (American College of Radiology - National Electrical Manufacturer's Association) for communications between medical imaging devices. ) CDs from all the leading DICOM compliant manufacturers and has delivered outstanding performance in reviewing thousands of studies. ComView.com Takes The Power Of ViewStarPC(TM) To The Internet The creation of the ComView eTeleCardiology Service gives cardiologists the tools they need to view, store and share images, entire studies and reports with healthcare professionals and patients via the Internet. As part of the TeleMedicine Network, the eTeleCardiology Service is the first service to be tightly integrated with the clinical information systems cardiologists' use at the point of care. The cardiologist Cardiologist Doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating heart diseases. Mentioned in: Electrophysiology Study of the Heart, Lithotripsy cardiologist a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. can now send the referring physician, cardiac surgeon A cardiac surgeon is a surgeon who performs cardiac surgery - operative procedures on the heart and great vessels. Training In the United States and Canada, a cardiac surgery residency typically comprises anywhere from six to nine years (or longer) of training to become , patient or family three separate reports with images in one easy step. The report can include whole or partial studies and background articles with dynamic links, which can be viewed with all the powerful tools included with the ViewStarPC(TM). The package has report generation and editing features, offers simple instructions for viewing, high security and privacy protection features. Depending on transfer speeds, reports will transfer rapidly between the sending physician and the recipient. Full cases can be compressed and downloaded in only a few minutes. "Never before has the cardiologist had a more powerful tool to improve patient care than through communication on the Internet," said Storm. "We are confident that the eTeleCardiology Service will fast become an industry standard used by cardiologists worldwide. And the service we are offering today is a first generation of what will ultimately become an entire suite of services, features and benefits to be added to the web site later this year." In addition to offering free exchange of cardiac information via the www.ComView.com web site, ComView plans to offer sponsored educational forums that will facilitate the exchange of information between institutions and physicians over the Internet. Over time, the company will also introduce a range of enhanced, fee-based products and services. About ComView Corporation ComView Corporation is based in Pleasanton, California Pleasanton, nicknamed "P-town"<ref name="">Ptown (Pleasanton) Bike Advocates Meeting, East Bay Bicycle Coalition website, August 14, 2007, retrieved August 17, 2007, is a city in Alameda County, California and was incorporated in 1894. . Since 1995, the company has been revolutionizing the way data and information is stored and shared. Using the company's cutting-edge technology, cardiologists practicing in some of the nation's most prestigious research hospitals and cardiac centers The cardiac center is part of the medulla oblongata responsible for controlling the heart rate. External links
ComView has emerged as a leading provider of cardiac information management solutions for healthcare with a full range of systems installed throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and is used by thousands of physicians. ComView's products are used by cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, technicians, referring physicians and patients to improve medicine by providing the ability to view, store and share cardiology cardiology Medical specialty dealing with heart diseases and disorders. It began with the 1749 publication by Jean Baptiste de Sénac of contemporary knowledge of the heart. Diagnostic methods improved in the 19th century, and in 1905 the electrocardiograph was invented. information quickly and easily. The company continues to embark on new product development programs for applications in additional areas of medicine. Backed by Menlo Ventures, ComView is a profitable, privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. that has grown rapidly during the past five years with many more cardiac products and services on the very near horizon. |
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