WHY A CIS?
Cardiology is amongst the fastest growing (and cost-generating) departments within a healthcare facility, in terms of new technology and equipment and the creation of larger data sets. Thus, greater capabilities and expanded features of CIS are more in demand. “The complexity of the [cardiology information] systems has grown tremendously over the last couple of years and the vendors are making a push to have broad cardiology systems with image management as a component and not just an end piece,” says Thomas E. Kennedy, PhD, vice president of business development at Camtronics Medical Systems Ltd. As cardiologists and related caregivers require more information – such as hemodynamic data, ambulatory records and text-based information – for the care of a cardiovascular patient, they also are demanding a cardiology information system that can deliver the data to ease today’s regulatory and market pressures. Those challenges include declining reimbursement; demand within the hospital to c
