Information Management System for Catheterization Lab

A new information management system is designed to improve the speed and efficiency of clinical workflow, administration, and report generation for a catheterization laboratory. With Web-enabled features, the system can help reduce the turn-around time for a final report by more than 75%, says the developer.

Called Catalyst, the system integrates all of the vital pieces of cardiovascular information in an Oracle database for comprehensive information review and analysis. Specifically, it allows health care providers to access tests and reports that integrate waveform, text, and image data. The system also allows storage of cardiology data types in an open, relational database, making the data available to authorized users for research analysis and administrative needs. In addition to integrating hemodynamic, image, and laboratory data, Catalyst allows health care professionals to view up to nine image loops from ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and x-rays on a single screen, a feature that supports greater clinical confidence and efficiency.

In a study conducted at the Cardiac Cath Lab at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital (Chicago, IL, USA), the Catalyst system decreased the time between case completion and final report distribution from 16 days to less than one hour. Catalyst is the product of Information Technologies, a GE Medical Systems company (Milwaukee, WI, USA). "Catalyst enables hospitals to schedule procedures and generate reports via the Web to significantly improve the workflow, which is critical to support the strong growth in cardiovascular procedures,” said Adam Miller, vice president, cardiology systems, Information Technologies.



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