Digital Archive Comes to Ural Mountains

In the Urals, in western Russia, Vepro’s PACS/VIS solution is turning into reality. After the gtk Policlinics’ decision in favour of a picture archiving and communication system from that vendor, the private Surgical Hospital UGMK has now also decided in favour of a system from Vepro. UGMK will open its doors in September, in the university town of Yekaterinburg, which ranks among Russia’s megacities. The ultramodern medical campus was erected entirely according to western standards.

All the equipment of the hospital – such as devices, beds, etc. – are state of the art. They include CT, MRT, X-ray workplaces, imaging plate systems, mammography, angiography, ultrasound, colour doppler, endoscopy, coloscopy, ECG, and EEG.

Easy Access to a Cornucopia of Data
The challenge at the hospital was to integrate a multifunctional image management system which is able to present all the information concerning a patient at the click of a button. This is supposed to take place without users needing to search in a variety of elements of the software application or medical departments. In addition, a system was supposed to be integrated which can represent the processes at a hospital without requiring PC competence on the part of the user. The reason is that, up to now, most staff had little or no experience in the use of computers.

Security for Data and Service
The holding decided in favour of the PACS/EMR (Electronic Medical Record) solution from Vepro because the system is „made in Germany“, because all the data is stored in compliance with the medical standard DICOM 3.0, cyrillic font is supported, and because it is capable of representing the entire workflow. Furthermore, the software has been developed fully in-house at Vepro, thus safeguarding the safety of the investment.
“We now have an enterprise PACS solution which makes available to medical staff image, sequence, text, and result validation data by clicking just once”, explains UGMK head physician Dr. Oleg Chernov proudly. “In addition”, he continues, “there is a 99.9% high availability solution in the server and storage area, ensuring that the hospital can fulfil its medical tasks without restrictions even when a server or storage element fails.”
The Vepro Information System (VIS) maps the processes in the hospital in their entirety – from patient admission to discharge. It supports the creation of the patient record, medical issues, therapy and resource planning, work lists, documentation, writing of medical reports, and data transfer for billing. It is implemented in all medical departments, such as Internal Medicine, Radiology, Cardiology, Surgery, as well as the in-patient department and ORs. The graphic representations of the patient process in the resource planner make available, to all staff of the hospital, a rapid overview of the patient status. All work processes have been designed before installation, with standards and Russian regulations integrated and documented in a project book.

Tight Time Table
The complete solution was implemented on August 17 in all departments. The project is supposed to be finished already on 11 September, shortly before the opening ceremonies of the hospital. The integration includes the connection of more than 30 modalities. In addition, diagnostic workplace, presentation workplace, OR integration - including all modalities there -, EEG and ECG equipment, as well as all workplaces for image distribution, administration, documentation, and planning need to be installed and approved. “… an exciting task”, summarizes Randolph Sternberg, the vendor’s international sales manager, who is convinced that the tight timetable – which includes trainings and monitoring – will be adhered to fully.

The hospital will receive an enterprise PACS workflow solution which meets all demands and requirements of a modern system. In addition, the solution includes an EMR archive in which all data is stored in DICOM format. This enables smooth communication with other hospitals inside and outside the country at all times.

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