Diagnostic Imaging Center

Planned the implementation of an HIE using a secure fiber optic connection between community care providers to share patient demographic, medical records, laboratory results, and radiographic images.

Utilized existing health IT standards to integrate the current stand-alone databases and information systems of a consortium of three rural health care systems as the basis for creating a comprehensive electronic health record for patient care.

This research project explored an innovative method to retrieve clinically relevant images for facilitating timely and accurate evaluation of diabetic retinopathy.