RADIOMATIX

Radiomatix Teleradiology ...a benchmark in quality, security and service

Teleradiology is the transmission of radiological patient images, such as x-rays, CTs, and MRIs, from one location to another for the purpose of sharing studies with other radiologists and physicians.
In recent years, teleradiology has rapidly moved from adjunct to essential practice in thousands of radiology departments and centres worldwide.
In hospitals facing a shortage of qualified radiologists, teleradiology may be considered as a potential alternative for hiring an onsite radiologist. Moreover, because radiology capacity needs tend to fluctuate in time, temporary help may be welcome even in the absence of structural staffing problems.
The main advantage is flexibility: the client hospital decides on the number and type of patient studies that will be read by the teleradiologist(s), depending on the need of the moment.
Another advantage is the “on-demand” availability of subspecialists and special services.

Radiomatix works with a large group of senior Belgian accredited radiologists, whereby each radiologist works as a subspecialty expert in a major – often an academic – hospital, and devotes some of his/her time (on average 20%) to teleradiology.
All Radiomatix radiologists are connected through a cloud-based platform (see below), making them function as a group instead of as a set of individuals (e.g., second or third opinions can be asked easily within the group, irrespective of the physical location of the radiologist)

Belgian radiologists created the “Belgian Radiology Group” (BRG) with the goal to provide teleradiology services through Radiomatix
Radiomatix has been founded and is co-directed by radiologists

Radiomatix supports radiology departments facing temporary or permanent shortage of radiology staff
Radiomatix makes teleradiology a valuable alternative for hiring a new consultant radiologist or subspecialist
Radiomatix makes the teleradiologist an integrated partner of your radiology department

The technology behind the network is the proprietary cloud-based Radiomatix teleradiology management system (TMS)
Access to the TMS is highly secured (see “Security & Privacy”)
Advanced features include mammography structured reporting templates and speech recognition integration

A Visage PACS (www.visageimaging.com) is used for image viewing, and is integrated in the Radiomatix TMS
Visage PACS is FDA approved for web-based medical diagnosis
All images and data are stored in the cloud (Tier 4 hosting according to ANSI/TIA-942 telecommunications infrastructure standard for data centers)
Web technology enables remote image access from any location (e.g., home, work,..) at any time
Features include image streaming, embedded 3D visualization and advanced postprocessing
Rapid image viewing and 3D rendering is possible at any location pending 1.5+ MBsec bandwidth
Access is highly secured (see “Security & Privacy”)

Radiomatix has established partnerships with Universities in Belgium and abroad to provide on-demand teaching programs for radiologists and radiology technicians
Virtual fellowships consist of a combination of formal teaching with continued learning through overreading of interesting cases by experts (via teleradiology).

Lieven Van Hoe, Radiologist/President

For more information: Download Radiomatix Brochure 2012 here

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