Change Healthcare Cardiology Nuclear Medicine Advanced Visualization, a solution now offered by Optum, is a web-enabled software designed to upgrade and streamline the nuclear imaging department's workflow. It provides comprehensive nuclear cardiac imaging and reporting capabilities, making critical data easy and accessible for healthcare professionals.
Product Overview and Key Benefits
This product is a component of Change Healthcare's broader single-database cardiovascular imaging suite. By leveraging a web-enabled, zero-footprint architecture, it helps healthcare organizations cut costs and increase productivity by centralizing data and reducing IT overhead associated with traditional on-premise systems. The solution is built to integrate seamlessly with the existing cardiovascular workflow, facilitating faster and more accurate diagnosis and treatment planning.
Main Features and Capabilities
- Web-Enabled Visualization: Provides advanced visualization tools accessible via a web browser, eliminating the need for dedicated, specialized advanced visualization (AV) workstations.
- Nuclear Cardiac Imaging & Reporting: Offers dedicated tools for nuclear cardiac quantification and image review, including rest vs. stress (perfusion package) and contractility analysis (function).
- Workflow Simplification: Designed to simplify the cardiovascular workflow in the nuclear imaging department, making reporting easy and accessible.
- Data Centralization: Operates on a single-database cardiovascular information system that centralizes data for secure multi-facility support for reporting, registry, inventory, and billing.
- Integration: Integrates with Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and Vendor Neutral Archives (VNAs) to provide a complete cardiac patient record from a single workspace.
Target Users and Use Cases
While the broader Change Healthcare Cardiology suite targets providers, health systems, and hospitals, this specific module is highlighted as being beneficial for Payers and Health Systems looking to optimize and modernize their nuclear cardiology departments. Primary use cases include efficient processing and interpretation of SPECT and PET nuclear cardiology studies, and streamlining the reporting process.