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Cardiac Expertise: Now
Just a Heartbeat Away
Other Topics: Bio-Imaging
Research, Health Information
Technology, Clinical Data
Management, Enterprise Imaging
Informatics
PR.com
April 25, 2007
Los Angeles, CA -- ValleyCare Health System announced today they
have installed Digital Union’s new Surgical Data Network (SDN)
at ValleyCare Medical Center, in Pleasanton, CA. SDN is a
specially designed application for operating and exam rooms
enabling attending physicians and surgeons to contact colleagues
outside the hospital and consult on patient care in real-time.
Installation is complete in the Cardiac OR, Cath Lab, and eight
physician offices. “In the past, when our surgeons needed to
consult with a colleague in real-time, we had to have that
person scrub,” said Dr. Carlos Gracia of ValleyCare. “Now we
bring the OR to them in a heartbeat.” From a touch screen in the
OR, physicians engage in real-time video conferencing, while
those outside the hospital view diagnostic quality video from
multiple sources within the OR. “They see what we see,” said
Gracia. SDN also features fully converged digital audio and a
full collaborative tool set. Medical images can be manipulated,
analyzed, annotated and returned for clinical decision support. |
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Claire Shoen,
ValleyCare’s Executive Vice President for Business Development
and Physician Relations believes connecting the cardiac OR to
the physician’s office is just the beginning. “Our goal is to
establish a network within the medical community that enables us
to bring our expertise to referring physicians throughout the
Tri-Valley.” Shoen went on to say, “Digital Union’s technology
will help us reach patients sooner, speeding up diagnoses and
improving outcomes.”
Digital Union CEO Paul Niday describes his company’s technology
as the next step in telemedicine. “For the first time ever, any
location with a computer and a broadband internet connection can
be a telemedicine center. We can customize an application to fit
any situation in healthcare where outside expertise is needed in
real-time to facilitate better patient care,” said Niday.
Digital Union plans to unveil its new technology at the American
Telemedicine Association’s 12th Annual International Meeting and
Tradeshow in Nashville, May 13-15. Tradeshow attendees will be
able to “look in” on the cardiac OR at ValleyCare Medical
Center, and discuss the technology with Dr. Gracia.
About ValleyCare
Since 1961, ValleyCare Health System has been providing the
residents of the Tri-Valley community with state-of-the-art
medical care. With locations in Pleasanton, Livermore and Tracy,
ValleyCare has a total of 186 hospital beds and a medical staff
of over 400 offering a wide array of world-class inpatient and
outpatient services.
About Digital Union
Based in Los Angeles, Digital Union creates specialized
Collaborative Informatics solutions for Visual Decision Makers
in the healthcare, education and entertainment industries.
Digital Union solutions provide the ability to collaborate at
any distance, from multipoint locations, in real-time via the
Internet. |
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