Philips this week announced it received EU MDR certification for remote scanning capabilities on its Radiology Operations Command Center.
With the new certification, diagnostic imaging will be more accessible to more patients in Europe, Philips said. The system helps radiologists remotely control scans to acquire high-quality images needed for diagnostic confidence and patient outcomes.
“With the Radiology Operations Command Center, we can support multiple locations in real-time. We utilize the expertise in our Command Center to ensure that every site has access to it. This helps us to improve efficiency and maintain the same level of care at all facilities,” Martina Salomon, MR application specialist, at Med360° in Leverkusen, Germany, said in a news release.
Philips’ Radiology Operations Command Center is a vendor-agnostic, multi-modality imaging system. It can be used with multiple vendor MR, CT or PET-CT configurations and seamlessly connects imaging experts in a command center with technologists at scan locations in the organization.
According to Philips, a pilot study of the system at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London resulted in a 9% increase in total scanning throughput because of the reduced scan times and a zero exam recall rate throughout the study.
Radiology Operations Command Center’s remote scanning allows expert users to edit MR, CT or PET-CT scanner consoles in real-time from any location. On-site technologists can share their expertise through an on-demand chat, voice or video collaboration.
“Healthcare providers are increasingly confronted with the challenge of not having enough skilled technologists to meet the demand for patient imaging exams, particularly for more complex exams such as cardiac MR,” said Shez Partovi, business leader of Enterprise Informatics at Philips. “With Radiology Operations Command Center Console’s remote scanning capability, we are further empowering clinicians to deliver the timely diagnosis that patients deserve and helping to deliver better care for more patients.”
