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Merge Cardio™ for Nuclear Cardiology

Nuclear medicine is an emerging area for providers in the cardiology space, facilitating better diagnoses, especially for conditions such as coronary artery disease and cardiomyopathy. Since a nuclear medicine scan can better determine damage to the heart caused by chemotherapy or radiotherapy, detailed recording and reporting on this information paves the way for better patient care. A sophisticated CVIS is crucial given that some information obtained through nuclear technology cannot be easily captured using other imaging procedures. Merge Cardio addresses these unique capabilities and provides the accuracy and streamlined workflow your nuclear cardiology team needs to better serve your patients.

– Bidirectional discrete data transfer to automate reporting

– Remove data silos, ensuring continuity in coverage without interruption of your healthcare business, by utilizing the deep integrations of Merge Cardio

– Full procedure support including myocardial perfusion and viability for SPECT, PET and planar, radionuclide angiogram (MUGA) and custom procedures

– Integrated with INVIA Corridor 4DM or use your existing processing software

– Workflow status support for quality checked, preliminary, and final reporting

– Stress data interfaces available from major treadmill systems vendors

– Ranked #1 Best in KLAS in Cardiology four consecutive years, 2013-2017

Simplified reading and reporting for nuclear medicine

Integration with INVIA Corridor 4DM or use of your current processing software allows you to protect your existing investment. IAC/ASNC compliant structured reporting with prompts for required fields provides approved standards and methods specific to nuclear medicine, ensuring a higher level of patient care. Additionally, a comprehensive analytics package is available for your nuclear cardiologist to assist in the reading of nuclear images.

Nuclear technicians and stress labs need an accurate and convenient system

Merge Cardio provides a web-deployed workstation which makes it possible to read anywhere and at any time. As a result, image viewing becomes easier and faster, alleviating stressful time constraints often faced by nuclear and stress lab technicians. The workflow status support for quality checked, preliminary, and final reporting helps to improve report accuracy, and in turn, patient care and satisfaction.

Managing nuclear cardiology data is easy with Merge Cardio analytics

The manager of your nuclear cardiology department can be confident in the operational efficiency delivered through Merge Cardio. The dashboard for real-time statistics provides metrics that can help track the successes of your nuclear department and better inform the allocation of resources.

*Merge Cardio is not FDA-cleared for diagnostic use on mobile devices. 2017 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services

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