Collaboration for Mammography Screening in Europe

Health Group (Rochester, NY, USA) and U.S. National Digital Medical Archive, Inc. (NDMA; Berwyn, PA, USA) are collaborating on product-integration initiatives that support the European mammography market's transition from analog imaging to digital imaging and information technology. Kodak and NDMA will combine each other's products and systems to create a family of novel systems that will enable healthcare facilities to better manage, archive, and process images and information related to mammography screening.

The products involved include Kodak Carestream Information Management Solutions (IMS). These systems--driven by the powerful Kodak VIParchive software platform--combine software, hardware, and professional services to enable the consolidation, control, continuity, and access to all fixed archived content within a healthcare facility or among multiple healthcare facilities within a geographic region. With IMS, the appropriate medical images and information are available to medical practitioners in the right place and time.

Data and image management are tools that NDMA will introduce. These comprise analytic tools required for quality assurance and compliance, as well as visualization tools dedicated to streamlining the frequently-complex workflow processes involved with mammography. Also part of the effort is the introduction of myNDMA, a Citizens Health Portal. myNDMA will provide patients with personal health record management tools to securely upload and store their digital medical images and electronic health records into a private website.

The program allows patients to identify a service bureau to digitize mammography films; store prior mammograms from previous healthcare providers; locate digital imaging facilities; and link to healthcare provider records stored in myNDMA. The NDMA develops and designs a data management and communications infrastructure that enables on-demand access, visualization and distribution of diagnostic quality images and related clinical data.



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