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Logicalis Healthcare Solutions Touts Advantages of Electronic Image ExchangeNEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- For some time now, CDs have been the standard way to share patient images, but they are quickly becoming antiquated in light of newer, faster, cheaper digital solutions. There are numerous problems with using CDs for medical image sharing ranging from using the patient as a transport vehicle to slowing the development of a care plan in critical trauma cases where images are needed stat and time is of the essence. According to Logicalis Healthcare Solutions, the healthcare-focused arm of Logicalis US, an international IT solutions and managed services provider (www.us.logicalis.com), the solution is to adopt an electronic image exchange solution as well as an improved workflow that streamlines the addition and availability of patient images to the local Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), vendor neutral archive or other imaging systems. Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160208/330732LOGO To learn more, download a Logicalis+Ascendian imaging eBook, "Driving Positive Change in Healthcare," here: http://ow.ly/XXI9D. "If there was just one thing I could tell our healthcare clients about using CDs for medical image exchange, it's that there is a better way," says Kim Garriott, Principal Consultant, Healthcare Strategies, for Logicalis Healthcare Solutions. "This is an important discussion healthcare CIOs need to have today; it's about better communication and care coordination, better clinician satisfaction, and ultimately better patient satisfaction as well. It provides a more secure way to transfer sensitive patient information. And it's also about a stronger bottom line: Depending on the volume of CDs an organization is producing or receiving today, a digital solution can be a much more cost effective way to share images. If a medium-sized hospital receives 30,000 CDs a year at a processing cost of $10 per CD, that's $300,000 a year for a single organization just to receive CDs. At those rates, a digital image exchange solution could literally pay for itself with significant money to spare year over year with the added advantage of creating happier physicians and patients in the process." Enterprise Imaging: Four Steps from CD to Digital
About Logicalis Logicalis employs over 4,000 people worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who design, deploy and manage complex IT infrastructures to meet the needs of over 6,500 corporate and public sector customers. To achieve this, Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with technology leaders such as Cisco, HP, IBM, EMC, NetApp, Microsoft, VMware and ServiceNow on an international basis. It has specialized solutions for enterprise and medium-sized companies in vertical markets covering financial services, TMT (telecommunications, media and technology), education, healthcare, retail, government, manufacturing and professional services, helping customers benefit from cutting-edge technologies in a cost-effective way. The Logicalis Group has annualized revenues of over $1.5 billion from operations in Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific and is one of the leading IT and communications solution integrators specializing in the areas of advanced technologies and services. The Logicalis Group is a division of Datatec Limited, listed on the Johannesburg and London AIM Stock Exchanges, with revenues of over $6 billion. For more information, visit www.us.logicalis.com. Business and technology working as one Media contacts: Karen Franse, Communication Strategy Group for Logicalis US
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