Cardiology is where radiology was about five years ago, says Joseph Marion, an independent consultant and principal of Healthcare Integration Strategies. While PACS was originally viewed as an image management solution, users eventually realized it was really an integration of images into the rest of the workflow. “The same thing is now starting to happen with cardiology, but because there are so many different players and systems, it’s a bit more of a challenge.”

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Analysts have predicted that peripheral endovascular procedures will dwarf cardiac procedures in short order. It’s no wonder, then, that an increasing number of cath labs have already begun the transition from single- to multi-specialty rooms.

Philips Healthcare has realigned its portfolio of clinical  informationsolutions including patient monitoring, enterprise and clinical imagemanagement, anesthesia information, women’s health information andcardiology information systems in order to meet clinical workflow andinformation needs.