Enterprise Imaging Do you see what I see?

Michael HamacherV.P. Business Development

Course PresenterMichael Hamacher - VP, Business Development - Medical InsightWith over 20 years’ of healthcare experience in various domestic and

international sales and marketing positions, Mr. Hamacher leads the US organization of Medical Insight, an innovative software company revolutionizing clinical image distribution.

Prior to joining Medical Insight Mr. Hamacher was VP/GM, North America for GN Otometrics. He also spent 13 years with Welch Allyn, a leading global manufacturer of medical diagnostic equipment and connected solutions.  Mr. Hamacher began his career with the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club and is a graduate of Kansas State University.

The goal of this course is to share with you trends we have seen in the market today relative to Enterprise Imaging and distribution and to learn about the challenges facing your organizations.

Course Overview

Our hope is that you will leave the presentation with a better understanding of trends in the clinical market, related technical challenges and factors to consider prior to embarking on image enabling the enterprise

Learning Objectives

What are some of these marketplace trends?

Question?

• Mobility/nomadic workflow• Enterprise/EMR viewing• Regional consolidation/cross-enterprise sharing (IDN’s), HIE’s• Enterprise visualization (vs. a simple viewer)• Ease of deployment / IT support / Standards based• Exploding (image) data volumes• Tele-collaboration

Trends in the clinical market today

Is there anything on the horizon that you believe will become a trend in the future?

Question?

Future development?

Customer desire for single PACS and Enterprise solutionCurrent trend in ScandinaviaGaining momentum in EU

Is the US next?

Future developments?

Question?You mentioned technical challenges –

would you elaborate?

• Exploding volumes of data• Limited bandwidth capacity• Multi vendor systems• Proprietary interfaces• Heterogeneous environments

Technical Challenges

With all of the technologies available today, how do I choose?

Question?

They all have strengths and weaknesses – there’s no perfect product today so look for one that offers the best combination of technology and functionality your users want (or need) to use!

With that in mind let’s take a look at some things to consider

The truth is…

• Ability to be widely deployed and easily expanded– Zero download vs. Zero maintenance

• Efficient use of bandwidth• Servers for the enterprise • Complete set of tools and features• Single solution everywhere (hospital, Physician office, remote)• Limit the movement and duplication of data• Cacheless

Enterprise Viewer Considerations

www.medical-insight.comMike Hamacher1-888-625-4414miha@medical-insight.com

Thank you!