一種信息技術(shù)(IT)平臺(tái)允許醫(yī)療保健提供者以較低成本改善患者臨床預(yù)后以及患者護(hù)理。

這種由Agfa公司(Mortsel, Belgium)研制開發(fā)的平臺(tái)綜合了Orbis與Impax系統(tǒng)。Orbis是由GWI公司(Vancouver, WA, USA)研制開發(fā)的，是一種企業(yè)內(nèi)使用的信息技術(shù)平臺(tái)以及整合了醫(yī)院內(nèi)所用行政與臨床資料的配套應(yīng)用軟件。Agfa公司的圖像存檔與通信系統(tǒng)(PACS)聯(lián)合使用Impax，這就在專門定制的高水平整合框架內(nèi)，提供了復(fù)雜的醫(yī)療保健信息技術(shù)配套系統(tǒng)，。

Agfa近期獲得了GWI，這是一家研制開發(fā)醫(yī)療保健信息系統(tǒng)的歐洲公司，Orbis和Symphonie在線的最初開發(fā)商，法國(guó)醫(yī)院信息系統(tǒng)的領(lǐng)先供應(yīng)商。這項(xiàng)決策允許Agfa部署各國(guó)政府都在鼓勵(lì)醫(yī)療保健提供者采用的電子醫(yī)療記錄。Agfa現(xiàn)在為各種規(guī)模的醫(yī)療保健提供者提供了所需要的臨床、行政與診斷系統(tǒng)的整合功能與協(xié)同工作的能力。

Agfa醫(yī)療保健戰(zhàn)略的核心是Orbis平臺(tái)及其優(yōu)越的工作流程與信息控制能力。Orbis包括100多個(gè)模塊，能夠根據(jù)醫(yī)院需求的增加與變化創(chuàng)建以及定制。這項(xiàng)能夠與臨床工作流程驅(qū)動(dòng)的Impax系統(tǒng)的深度進(jìn)行無縫整合。

Agfa保健護(hù)理業(yè)務(wù)組總裁Philippe Houssiau說：“醫(yī)療保健工作人員與專家需要更好的進(jìn)入關(guān)鍵信息的途徑以及決策支持工具，使得他們能夠以較低成本改善患者的護(hù)理。Agfa的專長(zhǎng)側(cè)重于對(duì)醫(yī)院整體與臨床核心與深度進(jìn)行合并與整合。”

Healthcare Information Technology Platform
 
A new information technology (IT) platform enables healthcare providers to improve clinical outcomes and patient care at lower costs.

The platform, developed by Agfa (Mortsel, Belgium) will combine Orbis and Impax systems. Orbis, developed by GWI (Vancouver, WA, USA), is an enterprise-wide IT platform and suite of applications that integrates all administrative and clinical data within a hospital. Combined with Impax, Agfa’s picture archiving and communications system (PACS), this provides a comprehensive suite of healthcare IT systems within a framework that is customizable with a high level of integration.

Agfa recently acquired GWI, a European company that develops healthcare information systems, the original developer of Orbis and Symphonie On Line, and a leading vendor in France in hospital information systems (HIS). This decision allows Agfa to implement the electronic medical record (EMR) that governments worldwide are encouraging healthcare providers to adopt. Agfa now provides the required integration and interoperability of clinical, administrative, and diagnostic systems to healthcare providers of all sizes.

A central focus of Agfa’s healthcare strategy is the Orbis platform and its unique workflow and information-management capabilities. Orbis contains over 100 modules that can be used to build and customize at the point of care, according to hospitals’ growing and changing needs. These can be seamlessly integrated with the clinical depth of the workflow-driven Impax system.

“Healthcare facilities and medical professionals need better access to critical information and decision-support tools that will allow them to continually improve patient care at lower cost. Agfa’s strength lies in the combination and integration of the holistic approach and the clinical focus and depth,” said Philippe Houssiau, president, HealthCare Business Group, Agfa. The system has already been installed in over 600 sites in Europe.