DR Systems Unity v|Series Introduction

v|Series solutions for the entire workflow

The DR System Unity v|Series applications provide the full range of front desk, technologist/QC, reading physician, referring physician, and back office workflow solutions.

v|Series allows you to:

 Supply their own hardware and configure their systems. OR

 Purchase hardware configured by DR Systems.

v|Series product families

The v|Series product families comprise:  I+ (Internet Plus) Series

 DC (Direct Connect) Series  MD (Mapped Drive) Series

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Systems Provided and Configured by Customers

I+ Series

The I+ (Internet Plus) Series is a Web-based, modular, virtualization-capable RIS, CVIS, PACS, and Reporting platform. The I+ Series provides full-range applications for installations on workstations connected to the AGS™ (Application Gateway Server) through the Internet for users’ home or office workstations or through the intranet for hospital or imaging center workstations.

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Unique to the I+ Series configuration, the AGS allows system administrators to download and maintain

their Unity applications via the web, supporting both local and remote workstations.

 HTTP connection through AGS (Application Gateway Server) database through the Internet or intranet.

 Hardware provided by customer.  Products include:

 Diagnostic Reading and Reporting PACS Dominator I+  Technologist QC Catapult I+

 Clinical Review Ambassador I+  Dictation Report Review I+  Transcription I+

 z|Series (Zero Download) - ZDS Scheduling

- ZDA Ambassador Clinical Review

DC (Direct Connect) Series

The DC (Direct Connect) Series provides full-range applications for installation on workstations that connect to the PACS Server. This product series was previously called CS Series.

 WAN or LAN connection to the PACS Server at the imaging center or hospital.  Hardware provided by customer.

 Products include:

- Diagnostic Reading and Reporting PACS Dominator DC - Technologist QC Catapult DC

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- Clinical Review Ambassador DC

- Dictation Report Review DC - Transcription DC

Systems Provided and Configured by DR Systems

MD (Mapped Drive) Series

The MD (Mapped Drive) Series include hardware, third-party applications, and full-range solutions configured on the server and workstations for customers.

 ODBC/TCPIP connection to the PACS Server database for imaging centers or hospitals.  Hardware provided and configured by DR Systems.

 Products include:

- Diagnostic Reading and Reporting PACS Dominator - Technologist QC Catapult

- Clinical Review Ambassador - Dictation Report Review - Transcription

The Universal Manager

The Universal Manager is the software interface common to all DR Systems components. Preregistration staff, reading physicians, technologists, transcriptionists, referring physicians, and IT personnel all access their respective DR Systems components through this same interface.

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Unity v|Series Product Components

Unity v|Series product components provide workflow solutions for:  Referring physicians  Front desk  Technologists  Reading physicians  Transcriptionists  Back office  System administrators

Referring physician

 ZDS (Zero Download Scheduler)  Order exams.

 Schedule exams, resources, and facilities.  Web-based - no software to download or set up.  ZDA (Zero Download Ambassador)

 Clinical review of images, reports, documents, and audio.  Robust, intuitive, secure viewer.

 Web-based - no software to download or set up.

Front-desk

 DR Scheduler  Order exams.

 Schedule exams, staff, and resources.

 Web-based ordering and scheduling by referring physicians available.  Preregistration and registration

 Receive and process patients.

 Enter or update patient insurance, verify eligibility, record authorization, track phone confirmations.

 Document Scanning

 Scan printed items or photographs, such as patient identification cards, insurance cards, sketches, and prior radiology reports.

 Apply security levels to restrict who can view scanned documents.  HL7 Gateway

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 Media Ambassador™

 Create CDs or DVDs that contain patient exam images, both current and prior exams, and the reading physician's recorded audio conclusion.

 Anonymize patient data for training and education.

Technologist

 Technologist QC (Quality Control) Catapult™

 Technologist DICOM Catapult or Video Capture Catapult workstation.  Input images from an array of imaging devices.

 Supports Vidar CAD PRO Advantage® and ClinicalExpress® for digitizing mammograms.  Advanced Image Processing

 Import images with advanced image processing, 3D modeling reconstruction in color, volume rendering, and volume measurement.

 DICOM Gateway

 Digital communication between diagnostic and therapeutic equipment and the DR Systems RIS/CVIS/PACS.

 Digitizer Technologist Workstation Catapult  Input scanned films in DICOM format.  User-selectable DICOM data compression.

 Supports the Vidar Diagnostic Pro Advantage digitizer.

Reading physician

Reading solutions for radiology, cardiology, mammography, pathology, and advanced image processing  Diagnostic Reading and Reporting Dominator

 The Gold Standard diagnostic reading station.

 Interpret and display all types of medical imaging exams.  Rapid and flexible image review and comparison.

 Consolidate information sources: patient data, workflow and dataflow, tools, productivity, and multimodality image viewer.

 DR Mammography Tracking™

 Track follow-up tasks and outcomes.  Critical Results

 Define and track critical tests and results.

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 Peer Review

 Allow reading physicians to review each other's exam interpretations.  Continuously improve patient care.

 Provide support for confidentiality, security, and fairness.

Reporting solutions

 Report Manager™

 Provide permanent report storage for all versions of a report.

 Store reports generated by the DR Systems RIS/CVIS/PACS or by third-party reports sent through a HIS or RIS.

 Instant Reporter

 Integrate dictation, report display, and transcription.

 Provide mammography assessment and recommendations reporting.  Speech Recognition

 Allow recognition of natural and continuous speech.  Convert speech to text on the screen.

 Dictation and Report Review Workstation  Dictate and review patient exam reports.  Report Review Workstation

 Review and approve patient exam reports.

Transcriptionist

 Transcription

 Integrated with Instant Reporter.

 Provide automation tools for optimizing transcription productivity.  Use included templates, dictation controls, and work lists.

Back office

 RIS Charge Capture and Insurance/Billing Interface

 Collect costs for billing through the HL7 interface as they occur in the workflow.  Capture diagnosis codes (ICD-9), service codes (CPT, HCPCS), and supply codes.  Allow modifications to ICD-9 diagnosis codes.

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 Billing out

 Send insurance/billing information to a third-party billing company.

 Include charge information, insurance type, insurance plan, employer information, and payments.

 Management Reports  Gather statistical data.

 Generate productivity and usage reports.  Perform workflow and practice analysis.

System administrator

Monitoring

 Sentinel™

 Monitor system performance and workflow.

 Accessed by DR Systems Customer Support for proactive service.

Remote diagnostics

 Messenger™

 Communications system for DR Systems Customer Support to access Unity servers remotely.

Writing exam data to media

 Network Media Ambassador™

 A network-based station that receives media-production requests from any configured Unity workstation.

 The requesting workstation can perform other tasks while the Network Media Ambassador creates the CD or DVD media.

Online storage

 Storage Area Network (SAN)

 High-speed, short-term network for the active files among facilities.  Provide backup, restore, and archives functions.

 Network Attached Storage (NAS)  Integrated IP storage.

 Consolidate file systems for backup to disk and for recovery.  Automated online storage processing

 Purge Online and Scheduled exams and reports exceeding their purge dates.  Track application status.

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Guardian long-term archives

 Spinning Disk Technologies  NAS.

 SAN.  DICOM.

 Content Addressed Storage (CAS) and options.  Replicated to remote CAS or replicated to Disk Array.

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