The radiology department at Athens-Limestone Hospital (ALH) provides state of the art services for patients. ALH not only has the latest imaging equipment such as powerful Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), a fast new Computed Tomography (CT) system, and two convenient locations for Mammography, they have a system, provided by FINAO Solutions that allows for access to radiologists, rapid results, and immediate notification to referring physicians. By using FINAO, ALH uses best-of-breed technology allowing for unparalleled service.
“FINAO’s environment allows for ALH to provide great patient care by using technology.” States Helen Copeland, Director of Imaging at Athens-Limestone Hospital. “Our studies, along with prior studies are instantly available to Radiology of Huntsville (ROH), which provides high-quality subspecialty reads. Report turnaround is exceptional and the results are immediately available to our referring physician’s smart phones.“
ROH provides around the clock reading for ALH, as well as, subspecialty expertise when needed.
“ALH provides excellent imaging with exceptional service. This, along with the FINAO expertise in providing the reading environment, means I can focus strictly on patient care and reading studies. FINAO connections to the referring doctors allows any issues, or no issues found with the study, to be immediately known. Again this improves the speed of patient care.” Comments Dr. Paul Fry, ROH Radiologist
“FINAO is a great tool to enhance patient care. The greatest advantage that FINAO adds to my practice is the immediate access to review images remotely. As an orthopedic surgeon it is important for me to review my patient’s actual images as I prepare a surgical or non-surgical treatment plan. FINAO allows me to review these studies from my office, my home, or anywhere that I have mobile service. Further, it adds a higher level of care for those orthopedic patients that present to the ALH ED as it allows me the access to review X-ray images as I discuss them with the ED physician rather than relying on someone else’s interpretation. This ultimately results in more expedient and accurate care and allows us to prepare for a safer and more timely surgery.” States Dr. Patrick Boyett, Orthopedic Surgeon.
“FINAO tries to provide solutions, not just product. For ALH, we wanted to have an automated system where as much data is available to the physicians and technologies as possible. We also wanted to get radiology studies to the radiologist as quickly as possible for interpretation. Once a study is read, we want to report to the referring physicians so they can provide quick accurate patient care. Very simply we want to use technology to have all the data necessary for the physicians so they can focus on medicine… and the patient is taken care of … At ALH we have accomplished that. I know because I personally use ALH for imaging … I suffer from kidney stones and as a patient, their service, speed, and accuracy is second to none. As my home hospital, I am proud of ALH’s commitment to use the latest technology to improve patient care.” Gene Cathey, CEO, FINAO Solutions
For ALH, FINAO provides PACS, voice recognition, iPhone access, modality work list, image gateway, critical test results management, and 24 x 7 support.
Athens-Limestone Hospital (www.athenslimestonehospital.com) is a general medical and surgical hospital in Athens, AL, with 101 beds. Survey data for the latest year available shows that 31,188 patients visited the hospital’s emergency room. The hospital had a total of 3,878 admissions. Its physicians performed 1,039 inpatient and 3,721 outpatient surgeries.
FINAO is a Value-Added Reseller for many best of breed products in the radiology industry. FINAO provides many of these solutions in a hosted environment. These products combined with FINAO’s unparalleled expertise in radiology workflow and technology, ensure true, useable solutions. FINAO services include technical expertise with 24/7 support. For additional information, please contact FINAO.