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“Macros considerably speedup reporting, helping toavoid omissions, even if I’minterrupted when reporting.”Dr. Frederique Van Robaeys, Radiologisttakes me to any source I want. I can thensimply add files or links to my report. This ismy office and I can easily take it anywhereto continue working with Sint-Rembert’sserver over a VPN connection.”Radiologists now considered asounding board for clinician’sdiagnosis and therapyThe faster reporting speed and imagesupport provided to clinicians has changedtheir working relationship with radiologists,underscores Dr. Biebau. With all imagesat hand, as well as those coming fromthe clinician’s modality, the radiologistis able to interpret images from a moreholistic clinical perspective. As a result,he is more routinely asked to explain hisview on certain studies with his knowledgeof images from other modalities. “WithIMPAX Agility at hand, we are more oftenconsidered a sounding board in support ofthe clinician’s therapeutic decision-making.”Dr. Biebau has been working with AgfaHealthCare for many years, and thisrelationship lets his department keepabreast of the fast technology evolutionin medical imaging. “It has enabled usto improve our service and increaseproductivity. With IMPAX Agility we cancope with the challenge of increasinglycomplex imaging and softwaredevelopments, such as cardio- or angio-CT,which can be easily integrated. We areconvinced Agfa HealthCare will be ourpartner on our path to the future of medicalimaging.” •“If I need to add supportiveviewpoints from externalsources, the integrated internetbrowser will take me to anysource I want. I can then simplyconnect either files or links tomy report.”Dr. Frederique Van Robaeys, RadiologistThe use of macros in reports provides anexamination-based template structure for theradiologist to complete his report. This offersmore comfort to radiologists when pickingup the report after being interrupted andascertains the completeness of the report.Agfa HealthCare’s contribution» A new intuitive image management solutionthat helps improve the delivery of care whilereducing costs.SolutionsIMPAX Agility» Unifies RIS, PACS, Reporting, 3D, Connectivityand Clinical Applications» Uses a single data model to provide aseamless system offering relevant and variedclinical data in one platform» Supports Agfa HealthCare’s vision of imagemanagement across healthcare functions» Easily adds new applications like specialvisualization or MIP/MPR/3D» Fully standards-based design (IHE, HL7 andDICOM) for integration into existing healthcaresystemsDID YOU KNOW…» With four radiologists, Sint-Rembert hospital’sradiology department reported on 60,000examinations in 2011.» Saint Rimbert, or Rembert, was archbishop ofBremen-Hamburg from 865 until his death.Rimbert is revered as the Second Apostle ofthe North but his efforts to christen Denmarkand Sweden suffered from resistance by theVikings.THERE 29