MERGE PACS : PRODUCT ROADMAP Dennis Roscoe, Ph.D., Director PACS Solution Management, Merge Healthcare Tuesday, August 28, 2012
agenda 2 Merge PACS Roadmap End-to-End Total Solution Questions
MERGE PACSROADMAP
4 This presentation may contain forward looking information including future deliverables which are not yet generally available and are not guaranteed. All dates and features presented are estimates and are subject to change without notice.
radiology PACS roadmap convergence 5 Fusion RIS/PACS MX Transition to Merge RISfor MU Releases Fusion Workstation Aug No Mammo Mammo Merge PACS 6.1 VNA 6.2 64-bit IM 6.3 Mammo Tools PET/CT Fusion 6.4 Ortho Tools 2011 2011 2012 2012 6.5 IPID 2012 Merge PACS 7.0 2013 RadSuite Merge Healthcare - Confidential
Merge PACS roadmap 6 6.2 New Features Halo native 64-bit viewer Bidirectional XML support PS360 Instant Messenger Viewing of DICOM SR Objects Enhanced mammography skin line location algorithm 6.5 New Features IPID Support DICOM Printing PET/CT Fusion Enhancements RTSL Enhancements RIS Integration 7.0 New Features User Preferences Administration EMPI support Enhanced HP Manager Mammo Enhancements Honeycomb support Q3 2011 Q2 2012 Q4 2012 Q1 2013 Q2 2013 New Features PET/CT Fusion Enhanced Mammo Tools LDAP support Keyboard Shortcuts Display of Tomosynthesis image slices Study deletion rules 6.3 New Features Launch OrthoCaseand Access from RTWL Orthopedic Measurement tools Uploading of a CD with auto search Accessing teaching worklists from iconnect Access Anonymization of teaching studies 6.4
Merge PACS 6.2 september 2011 7 Halo native 64-bit viewer Support the viewing of DICOM SR Objects Needed for VNA integration Improved (re)launching time of embedded viewer Benefits users who are doing rounds prep from EMR Bi-directional XML support Enhanced Epic Integration to support XML drops (mark as Read form within Radiant dictation) PowerScribe 360 integration (PACS drives PowerScribe) Include an Instant Messenger for communications within PACS Important for migration of FUSION customers! Enhanced mammography skin line location algorithm Move the Teaching Work List outside the Real-Time Work List Universe
Merge PACS 6.3 april2012 8 PET/CT Fusion Common and disparate frames of reference Supported modalities include PET, CT, NM, and MR Standard Uptake Values (SUV) supported User programmable keyboard short-cuts LDAP authentication support with automated user provisioning Merge PACS viewer able to run in low-end workstation environments Study deletion rules based on SOP class, AET, diagnostic status, and study date
Merge PACS 6.3 april2012 9 Two modes of scrolling through priors Mode 1 -stack scrolling through the priors of a particular view in the same view port as the current view Mode 2-stack scrolling through the priors of a particular view in a view port adjacent to the current view Dual linked binoculars Dual linked magnifying glasses with ability to invert the inside of glasses Intelligent invert available as an icon and in the mouse short right click menu Hot light enhancement Needed when implants are present Display and scrolling through Tomosynthesis image slices
Merge PACS 6.4 june2012 10 3 in 1 mouse tool Left hold window level Wheel hold pan Right hold zoom Orthopedic measurement tools Transichial line tool Plum lines - vertical and horizontal Joint line Launch Merge OrthoCase from RTWL Launch iconnect Access from RTWL Uploading of a CD with auto search /edit demographics capabilities New Real Time Study Work List with saved searches Accessing teaching worklists from iconnect Access
Merge PACS 6.5 q4 2012 11 IPID Support Real-Time Study List Enhancements Fly-out panel of Quick filters; Some sample filters are: Date Range or Duration (e.g. Last 12 hours) Modality Body Part Study Status IPID Patient Class Reading Pool (CT Body, CT Neuro, etc.) DICOM Printing including true size Fly-out panel of folders containing RTWLs and saved queries PET/CT Fusion Enhancements Rotation of MIP images Manual entry of missing SUV attributes with persistence RIS Integration Bi-directional XML communication HL7 message handling
Merge PACS 7.0 q2 2013 12 Tight integration between PACS and VNA Viewer loads directly from VNA Seamless integration between PACS and VNA storage Image ingestion from PACS or from VNA Global Users Preferences Administration EMPI Support Additional Real-Time Work List Enhancements Filtering based on user s credentials and licensing Enhanced Hanging Protocols Manager Mammography Enhancements IHE Profile Validation New ROI options Dual viewport zoom Enhanced Tomosynthesis Support Stack indicator
high availability in Merge PACS 6.3 through 7.0 VMware and Vmotion VMware with VMotion is our go-forward solution for high availability in the 6.x and 7.x branch for the Merge PACS production server Provides server clustering Merge Archive and VNA provide high availability with native clustering or VM clustering
end-to-end total solution Merge Competencies Meaningful Use End to EndWorkflow clinic to OR IT: Imaging backups on and offsite, hardware, installation, and support Training/consultation services great people with great knowledge at Merge! Merge as a partnership ease of use, reliability, and quality services are of the utmost importance to Merge as your vendor Maximize your ROI Take advantage of integrated offering under one vendor
We really like Merge PACS, and that goes for IT and clinical users across the board. In IT, we find it well integrated, and we appreciate how stable and easy to support it is. We use it with Epic Radiant, and Merge has been really good about working with our team to make sure the combination works. It does work, and we feel it is very successful. We give props to Merge for working that out; they didn't give up on it. We appreciate how robust Merge PACS is, and the strong integration it has with Epic Radiant makes everything tie in and flow together. Director, Merge Client KLAS
QUESTIONS? Dennis Roscoe Ph.D., Director PACS Solution Management Merge Healthcare dennis.roscoe@merge.com