Scale. Simplify. Share

Scale. Simplify. Share.

The IBM Watson Health portfolio for enterprise radiology IBM Watson Health Scale. Simplify. Share. 3 4 As the healthcare landscape

Overview continues to evolve, successful hospitals and acute centers are transforming uncertainty 5 into possibility through long- Key challenges in radiology term investments in their IT infrastructure. For many, the 6 deployment of EHRs was a long,

A better path forward complicated and expensive with IBM Watson Health process. However, with that hurdle cleared, providers are 8 now shifting gears to address

About Watson Health other systemic challenges, including the ever-growing number of images to read, the management of fragmented IT systems and the critical core mission to deliver high quality patient care.

IBM Watson Health Scale. Simplify. Share. 4 Key challenges in radiology

Imaging volume explosion

As the population ages, more imaging procedures are required to address growing healthcare needs. In addition, new modalities are producing increasing volumes of data that must be read and managed. The Radiologists need to read result? Physicians are overloaded, more resources are one image every three to needed for IT management and attention to patients four seconds in order to keep can suffer. up with current demand.¹

Fragmented IT infrastructure

In recent years, the healthcare industry has been 30% ranked among the most prolific for mergers and acquisitions.2 Yet consolidating providers has not necessarily resulted in the efficient consolidation of IT resources. In many cases, aggregated systems have Up to 30 percent in potential led to a lack of standardization, the need to manage cost savings remain increasingly decentralized resources and missed unrealized due to a lack of opportunities for cost saving. system integration.3

Obstacles to communication and quality care

78% The delivery of quality care should be of paramount importance for medical providers. However, making this objective a reality depends largely on the ability to foster collaboration among clinicians, both within an Up to 78 percent of organization and among external partners. Data and surveyed providers ranked communication need to flow to the right stakeholders greater physician-to- and it must happen in a timely matter. physician communication as a key goal.4

IBM Watson Health Scale. Simplify. Share. 5 A better path forward with IBM Watson Health

To address these challenges, providers are seeking out solutions to scale their enterprise, simplify workflows and share data efficiently. Watson Health is committed to helping organizations achieve these objectives with a comprehensive set of modular offerings that can meet their critical enterprise imaging needs today — and prepare them for the challenges of tomorrow.

Scale the Enterprise Simplify Workflows

In order to gain economies of scale and attract more patients, To maintain flexibility and achieve higher levels of performance, organizations are looking to scale their infrastructures by expanding organizations are examining both clinical and IT workflows to reduce into new geographies and service lines or via strategic mergers with clinical workarounds and minimize their number of IT vendors. other providers. How Watson Health can help How Watson Health can help - Merge PACS: In addition to the capabilities mentioned above, Merge - IBM iConnect® Enterprise Archive:* Our VNA provides a robust PACS allows you to consolidate multiple reading workstations and foundation to centralize and easily manage data regardless of bring innovative workflows to all radiologists, including real-time case format. With the ability to ingest data from multiple sources such as updates and ER-dedicated workflows. radiology, cardiology and specialties, this solution unifies disparate PACS across your locations to give physicians greater access to - IBM Watson Imaging Patient Synopsis: This radiologist-trained current and historical images at the point of care. AI solution searches both structured and unstructured data in the EHR to find clinically-relevant patient data, and then presents it in a - IBM iConnect® Access:* This combination enterprise viewer and single-view summary for the radiologist. image-sharing solution is based on a zero-download client that allows for seamless deployment and maintenance across your entire - Merge CADstream®: A pioneer in breast MRI computer-aided enterprise. detection (CAD), this solution provides critical assistance to reading physicians by accelerating and simplifying the interpretation of large - Merge PACS™: Our enterprise-level, AI-ready radiology PACS can MRI studies. support growth nationally by handling high imaging volume for vastly dispersed sites. When it’s integrated with iConnect® Enterprise Archive, server pre-fetching is no longer a requirement and studies can be expedited wherever radiologists happen to be located.*

IBM Watson Health Scale. Simplify. Share. 6 Share Data

To foster greater collaboration among caregivers, engage patients and satisfy referring partners, it’s important for organizations to provide universal access to images and data.

How Watson Health can help • IBM iConnect Access: As mentioned earlier, this zero-download, universal viewer allows you to image-enable your EHR and exchange data not only across your sites but within your community of referring physicians as well.

• Merge PACS: This solution provides physicians with the modern communication tools needed to deliver high quality care, including instant messaging to facilitate collaboration, auditable worklist notes to capture insights and direct access to patient information to gain a more comprehensive patient view.

How our radiology solutions integrate to meet your goals

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the enterprise workflows

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IBM Watson Health Scale. Simplify. Share. 7 About Watson Health Imaging

Watson Health Imaging, a segment of IBM Watson Health, is a leading provider of innovative artificial intelligence, enterprise imaging and interoperability solutions that seek to advance healthcare. Its Merge branded enterprise imaging solutions facilitate the management, sharing and storage of billions of patient medical images.

Watson Health Imaging artificial intelligence solutions analyze structured and unstructured patient, population, and medical research data residing within disconnected silos. Solutions available now and under development are designed to organize available information and present it in a contextually relevant, probability-driven manner to objectively assist healthcare professionals, whether at a reading workstation or at the point of care.

With solutions that have been used by providers for more than 25 years, Watson Health Imaging is helping to reduce costs, improve efficiencies and enhance the quality of healthcare worldwide.

To explore how Watson Health radiology solutions can help your organization, visit ibm.com/watson-health/imaging.

Footnotes

1 The Effects of Changes in Utilization and Technological Advancements of Cross-Sectional Imaging on Radiologist Workload. Academic Radiology. July 22, 2015. 2 Announced M&A the United States by Industries (2000-2018). Institute for Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances (IMAA). 3 Size should matter: Five ways to help healthcare systems realize the benefits of scale, Strategy&. PWC. March 2016. 4 27th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey, March 2016. * Not FDA cleared for diagnostic use on mobile devices

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