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Our vascular lab started using Heartlab two weeks ago. We were strictly videotape before. It only took a week for our reading physicians to learn how to use Heartlab, and they're very happy with the system. One of the docs also interprets at a lab that uses ProSolve, and he says he's far more impressed by Heartlab. On 8/3/07, Norma Bourne <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > We are "supposed" to be getting something called Heartlab. I understand > our sister hospital already uses it for echo, and the programs are available > for the Vascular side, ready to popluate into the system with numbers and > all the report-building stuff, but everyone is unprepared to actually DO > that conversion, b/c we have ordered all our equip and upgrades without > transmission capablities/dicom ports, etc, because we have always used the > VCR. So now we have to bring all our biggest, most expensive machines > online with full wireless capabilities and that takes some technical finesse > and a lot of $$$! Our echo at Baptist uses Xcelera now, we in Vasc use > Atrium, which has been marked "end of life" by the company that now owns the > rights to Atrium. Anyway, eventually, Heartlab is supposed to do it all for > us, and yes it does run thru PACS, and down time is hell, and the learning > curve, I understand for tech and docs, can be long and LOW. The upside is, > the techs build the ! > reports and will have more influence on making sure %ages are included and > appropriate, that all measurements are noted correctly. The docs will read, > change, annotate, and sign electronically. > > Norma, RVT > > To unsubscribe or search other topics on UVM Flownet link to: http://list.uvm.edu/archives/uvmflownet.html