Visbion provides cardiac data management for NECVN

Visbion’s innovative technology solutions have been chosen by North of England Cardiovascular Network (NECVN) to deliver secure and rapid storage, transfer and viewing of cardiac data for the nine acute Trusts in the network.

The robust regional solution allows for all cardiac data including angiogram, echocardiography, ECGs and associated reports, to be encrypted and transferred from and to any Trust within the clinical network. This data can be accessed for viewing via the Visbion image web on any workstation in any hospital.

The Visbion solution is built around the innovative Image Cube and utilises other Visbion software components to provide a tailored regional solution which is sensitive to local workflow.

Within the project, the Trusts involved have addressed their local data management and storage needs with some taking the opportunity to install dedicated storage solutions or to introduce a full Visbion Cardiology PACS.  The project has enabled organisations to addresses the risk and governance problems inherent in cardiology data storage, management and transfer.

Mark O’Herlihy, Visbion’s Healthcare Sales Manager said “Using Visbion’s technology will greatly improve image and data sharing for the cardiac network. The ability to make all data quickly and easily available at the point of care, offers a wide range of administrative and clinical efficiencies which will ultimately result in improved patient care.“

Carole Dodd, Service Improvement Manager, North of England Cardiovascular Network, said “Cardiology services in the North East of England have various methods of managing patient data electronically, complicated by the specific nature of cardiology functional imaging and the exclusion in many cases from access to in-house radiology PACS systems. 
NECVN were approached to facilitate effective use of cardiology patient data that will improve the patient journey and reduce waste in terms of waiting times, unequal access to specialist opinion and treatment, and ineffective administrative processes.  The Visbion solution provides not only safe and rapid exchange of patient data between Trusts, but has provided the opportunity for cardiology services to reach appropriate standards in terms of clinical and information governance.”

Further information on this project can be found at http://www.necvn.nhs.uk/content.aspx?id=946