Samsung Medical Center has been confirmed for the HIMSS Stage 6 Digital Imaging Adoption Model, recognizing the third HIMSS mature model this year.
DIAM measures a healthcare organization’s ability to provide medical imaging.
WHY IT IMPORTANT
SMC has undergone a DIAM review to ensure it complies with global standards before embarking on an upgrade to its digital imaging systems next year and before offering cloud-based imaging services. clouds in the future.
During validation, SMC was commended for having “excellent” corporate image governance arrangements, along with strong clinical involvement and clear leadership from its members. senior group. It has also provided all the images in context from the EMR along with adjacent reports.
Its ability to display related images from different modalities is believed to be useful for clinicians who may wish to view cardiac CT along with echocardiography, or soft tissue trauma imaging at the same time as imaging. X-ray of the injured joint.
In addition, SMC is appreciated for its security capabilities in protecting and printing sensitive images, as well as the ability to measure radiation dose on each machine, patient and body.
In preparation for follow-up assessments, HIMSS recommends the use of an Intruder Prevention System to prevent unauthorized access to the EMR and other images. It also wants the SMC to consider implementing imaging-related clinical decision support tools to assist clinicians in requesting the most appropriate investigations or studies.
SMC is also expected to define the ability to exchange external images as part of its digital imaging strategy. According to HIMSS, this strategy should describe how images can be shared with other care providers, shared for remote consultations, shared with patients, and with external mobile devices. outside the hospital wall.
TREND TO BIGGER WOMAN
SMC’s DIAM Confirmation Follows Its Awards for Phase 6 of Model for electronic health records intake in August and Phase 7 of Infrastructure intake model in April, which is a global first.
It is the third healthcare organization in the world and the second in Asia Pacific to be confirmed for Phase 6 DIAM. Apollo Hospital in India received the same award in June this year.
The hospital is currently working to achieve the highest recognition for DIAM. “Through that, we aspire to become a world-class smart hospital,” said Jean Hyoung Lee, Director of IT Infrastructure at SMC.
ON PROFILE
Commenting on how the SMC team is performing, Andrew Pearce, HIMSS VP for Analytics and Global Advisory Lead, said: “The team at SMC at all levels is committed to the mission and vision’ with With modern medical technology, we are focused on providing personalized treatments with superior health outcomes for patients with chronic conditions.’ This is underpinned by our management platform. treatment and a strong workforce with physician-driven digital transformation.”
Dr Rohini Omkar Prasad, Senior Digital Health Advisor at HIMSS who was actively involved in the validation process explains: “SMC introduced enhanced capabilities in their corporate image with an excellent example of the use of AI in photography to recognize and classify stress injuries.Moreover, image analysis has been deployed to aid clinical decision algorithms to detect To date difficult-to-diagnose cases of cerebral aneurysms, pneumothorax, and early-stage breast cancer Work with their own, local and regional data to develop established models do underscore their commitment to improving the quality of medical care for the people they serve in Korea.”
“SMC is a hospital with world-class medical IT infrastructure and the best cutting-edge medical facility in Korea. We are currently remodeling the hospital with a 10-year plan and completing seven missions. In line with these changes, we plan to upgrade our Digital Imaging systems by 2023, as well as offer a range of Imaging services. cloud-based. Lee said.
