12. - 15. October 2010 in Shenyang, China

Visit us at China's most important healthcare show, the China Medical Equipment Fair 2010.
We are looking forward to seeing you in the German Pavillion, booth B18-10.

medavis - RIS pioneer in Macedonia

Since 01/07/2010, the Private Clinical Hospital Sistina has successfully been running medavis RIS as one of the first RIS installations in the country. The newly constructed private clinic in the capital Skopje stands for excellence in medical quality, as well as for state-of the art  technology.

The Private Clinical Hospital Sistina has a capacity of over 188 beds and 470 employees, including 110 specialist physicians in 15 medical departments.

Fully integrated in HIS and PACS systems, medavis RIS has been  recognised as the best workflow integrating solution for radiology, cardiology and nuclear medicine departments, as well as for image distribution via the HIS system.  http://www.sistina.com.mk/

medavis headquarters in a buzz! The week-long partner qualification in Karlsruhe

In the week from 07- 11/6/2010, medavis were delighted to welcome representatives from EU countries, Turkey and the Middle East to the company’s headquarters in Karlsruhe, Germany.

The busy training week began with a friendly warm-up session, followed by an introduction to the many new developments and products in the medavis product range.

Here, our guests became acquainted with the new Server-Monitoring application and the medavis Update Center. The Server-Monitoring application enables us to proactively monitor both local and remote servers. The Update Center, on the other hand, is an in-house platform for the simple and safe distribution of software and documentation to customers. Another recent addition is WEB 4, a new Web platform for intersectional cross-enterprise clinical workflows. Amongst the latest developments, the guest’s attention was particularly attracted by the live demo of the integrated speech recognition function. 

The focus of the following two days was the subject of sales, complemented by the invaluable experiences of our partners in their own countries. Our midweek barbecue on the banks of the Rhine unexpectedly turned into a little adventure for both guests and medavis staff. What began as a sunny barbecue, ended up with us taking refuge in a converted double-decker bus, after a raging thunderstorm and torrential downpour. Soaked but happy, we said our goodbyes, firm in the knowledge that we would remember this evening for a long time.   

The week ended with two days of technical training, using numerous practical exercises to aid the understanding of the new additions. Finally, all participants gladly received their well-deserved certificates, confirming their status as certified medavis partners. We thank all of our guests for their visit and their huge level of commitment during the training week.  Meeting our partners has been an extremely valuable experience for us and we are already looking forward to our next meeting.

Radiological Congress a success for medavis 

91st German Radiological Congress, 12-15 May 2010, Berlin

Once again, medavis presented its portfolio of IT systems for the optimisation of the entire radiological process chain.

The new RIS 3 was introduced, with its new look & feel, as well as many innovative new functions, including the directly integrated speech recognition system.

Customers and visitors from clinics and practices used the opportunity to inform themselves about all of the new features of the tailor-made for radiology portfolio and the efficiency of medavis solutions.

We would like to thank all of our visitors for their interest and feedback and we look forward to seeing you all again in Hamburg next year!

medavis presents RIS 3 at the Radiological Congress

New look & feel for medavis RIS with innovative additions

At the heart of medavis’ exhibition at the 91st German Radiological Congress in Berlin was the presentation of medavis RIS 3; the new version of our successful radiology information system. Among the highlights of RIS 3 are the integrated speech recognition system, the new look & feel, as well as enhanced display options in producing reports. Another new feature is its Windows 7 compatibility with 64 bit mode.

What immediately catches the eye is the revised user interface. medavis RIS has a totally new look, with a fresh, modern appearance, combined with the customary depth of function and new, innovative additions. User-friendly operation, a clear design and a choice of display options contribute to its increased usability. A simple click of the mouse enables you to switch between a dark and a light background, perfectly adapting the application to different working scenarios.

Now available: medavis integrated speech recognition

Direct deep integration; the speech recognition function incorporated into medavis RIS optimises processes and saves time

At the 91st German Radiological Congress, medavis presented the direct integration of speech recognition into the medavis RIS workflow. This deep integration enables radiologists to quickly and efficiently produce reports, using speech recognition, in their customary system environment.

Speech recognition technology represents a great aid to radiologists, as it eliminates the time-consuming intermediate steps in the transcription of dictated medical reports. Nevertheless, the speech recognition function in many systems is only loosely coupled to the evaluation process; dictations are recorded in an external application with its own editor, where the spoken words are converted into text and then transferred back.

medavis RIS now offers a fully integrated speech recognition system with many advantages for users. The speech recognition system is controlled from within RIS and all functions are directly integrated into the RIS user interface.

Users can dictate into their familiar report template and see their words converted into output format text in real time.

All integrated data fields, the text output of the text modules used in the dictation and the implementation of speech commands are instantly visible. At the same time, the physician has direct access to all system data, such as the patient’s previous findings, without having to switch between different applications. This makes the operation simpler, corrections and alterations easier and saves valuable time in the preparation of reports, resulting in increased productivity. The speech recognition software used is Nuance’s SpeechMagicTM

New project in Poland - medavis launches into mobile diagnostic imaging

Alliance Medical Group is the European market leader in flexible services for mobile diagnostic imaging with more than 500 mobile and local sites. It operates the largest fleet of mobile MRI, PET/CT, X-ray, CT, portable ultrasound and echocardiography scanners in the UK and employs over 400 radiographers. Although based in the UK, Alliance Medical has subsidiary offices in Ireland, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany and Poland.

The highly flexible application and the modularity of the software convinced Alliance Medical Poland to select medavis, from within a highly competitive environment, for the equipping of diagnostic radiology trucks. As this is the first time medavis radiology software has been used in mobile modalities, it represents a step into a new and future-orientated market segment. The project is due to start in March 2010.

System-independent solution for DICOM data import

Smooth and safe reading of patient CDs; medavis DICOM Importer Pro combines depth of function and user-friendliness with seamless system integration 

Karlsruhe, 3 November 2009 - Patient CDs are an important tool in the exchange of data between medical institutions. The import of the patient’s previous image data into the local PACS archive provides radiologists with direct access to their patients’ previous examinations, thus avoiding unnecessarily repeated examinations and improving medical care.

The handling of patient CDs is, however, a source of great concern for many physicians. In general, importing the unchanged data at the physician’s PACS workstation does not present a problem, but the operation of the clinic may make it more practical to read the patient’s CDs directly at the reception desk. One risk is that the identification of foreign systems may not be compatible with the software used, making imported images difficult to find or even assigned to another patient by mistake.