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FUJIFILM Bags Orders for PACS from 10 Hospitals
It is launching new products and solutions such as Digital
Radiography, FFDM, and 3D Image processing SW
FUJIFILM India Private Limited, the wholly owned subsidiary of FUJIFILM Corporation,
one of the largest medical systems company in the world, has bagged orders from
10 hospitals across the country for its revolutionary SYNAPSE brand of PACS
system.
Large hospitals where SYNAPSE PACS has been implemented successfully include
names of repute like Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences in
Bangaluru and Puttaparthi, Sagar Hospitals, Bangaluru, Institute of Liver &
Biliary Sciences, Delhi, Primus Super Speciality Hospital, Delhi; Rajiv Gandhi
Cancer Institute & Research Center, Delhi and Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital,
Ghaziabad.
According to Kenichi Tanaka, Managing Director, FUJIFILM India, "The success
of SYNAPSE PACS further exemplifies FUJIFILM Corporation's long-term commitment
in the healthcare arena. Buoyed by the response, we intend to launch new products
and solutions such as digital radiography, full field digital mammography, and
3D image processing SW etc into the Indian market in the days to come."
"Medical images can be stored electronically and viewed on screens, so
that doctors and other health professionals can access the information and compare
it with previous images at the touch of a button. These images can be shared
between health professionals across locations over an advanced communications
system. It circumvents the delays and cancellations because of patient's images
not being available, lost or misplaced during transit, deterioration in quality
over time etc," said Suhas Pokale, Country General Manager, FUJIFILM India
Pvt. Ltd.
For the past 100 years, film has been almost the exclusive medium for capturing,
storing, and displaying radiographic images, but it is a fixed medium with usually
only one set of images available. FUJIFILM's PACS technology allows for a near
filmless process, with all of the flexibility of digital systems. It also eliminates
all costs associated with hard film and releases valuable space currently used
for storage.
For patients as well as the radiographer, even the amount of exposure to radiation
gets reduced because fewer images need to be repeated using this technology.
What's more, patients do not have to wait for long for results which also ensures
speedier move to the next point of treatment or discharge. Privacy is guaranteed
as access to patient's digital images is rights-based i.e. what they'll be able
to see shall depend on their role and involvement in patient's care. Since the
images are digital in nature, they are more reliable. Unlike film, there are
no black spots on images due to bad light. Fujifilm's Synapse PACS allows for
flexible viewing with the ability to manipulate images on screen enabling better
analysis. Moreover, instant access to historic images and patient records facilitates
comparison of images (old and new) and thus the measuring of the effectiveness
of treatment or the development of patient's condition.
As a result of electronic requesting, radiographers have all the necessary information
available to them in digitalised format. As a result, investigation is appropriate
to the request and safer for the patient— misinterpretation of what is
handwritten has become a thing of the past. Information only needs to be entered
into the system once. This reduces some of the administrative tasks currently
undertaken by radiographers, thereby freeing up time to focus on caring for
the patient. The ability to manipulate images once they are taken means that
radiographers can zoom in on areas of interest to ensure adequate information
has been captured, which can then be passed on to the relevant clinician.
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