KHBG – web-based image exchange solution
“Via web-based image exchange, with minimum effort, we generate a maximum level of benefit, for us as well as for our patients.
With web-based image exchange, we have obtained a simple and unproblematic solution to meet our requirements.”
Chief Radiologist Dr. Cejna
Initial situation
- The web-based image exchange solution has been in use since 2021
- Previously, external data carriers were burned and distributed
- Using CDs/DVDs, the distribution of examination data took at least 15 minutes
Requirements/expectations:
- Simple distribution of image data to patients and referring physicians
- Prompt and comprehensive solution for transferring image data between hospitals
- Reduction of effort by avoiding the transmission, burning and distribution of external data carriers
- The possibility of holistic hospital use
- Resource savings, such as blanks and time
Solutions
- Previously, external data carriers were burned and distributed
- Web-based image exchange with hospitals
- Web-based distribution of image data to patients and referring physicians as well as the possibility of viewing and downloading them
Advantages
- More efficient possibility of directly exchanging images between hospitals even in the acute setting
- Examination images can be provided to patients and referring physicians without further ado
- Saves on resources, above all with regards to effort and time
- With this solution, patients do not have to bear any additional financial burden
- Flexible application for distributing image data, e.g., via a QR code or a link by e-mail
Good to know
- KHBG runs the Feldkirch regional hospital, the Rankweil regional hospital and the Hohenems regional hospital in Vorarlberg and is connected via numerous Dedalus systems
- The radiology department provides services for inpatient (1140 beds) and outpatient departments
- The interview was carried out with the Chief Radiologist, Dr. Cejna, head of department at the Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology of the Feldkirch regional hospital