Hosted, Pay-Per-Study RIS/PACS Launched in Latin America

A Canadian information technology (IT) software and services company is expanding its product range by offering PowerServer Nube, a Spanish language, fully hosted radiology information system/picture archiving and communication system (RIS/PACS) to the Latin American market.

The PowerServer Nube RIS/PACS will allow its manufacturer, RamSoft (Toronto, ON, Canada), to service markets in Latin America that have previously found RIS/PACS to be too expensive due to having to buy multiple servers to run disparate software. PowerServer Nube is a scalable system that is suitable for radiology groups, imaging centers, and hospital imaging departments that are looking to achieve a digital setting and improve patient care without considerable expenditures. This new system will allow hospitals and imaging centers to utilize fully the advantages of a hosted platform while reducing operational and hardware costs.

Cloud-based PowerServer Nube operates on a single database workflow engine, making it simpler for facilities to train staff, while cutting costs on interfaces, and hardware maintenance fees. This RIS/PACS automates daily tasks and eliminates typical end user mistakes. It includes an intuitive patient scheduler, diagnostic viewer with embedded reporting and dictation tools, and physician portal so referring physicians may easily access patient reports and images. It will also provide imaging centers in remote regions with the capability to connect to radiologists in larger cities for greater access to subspecialty reads.

According to Marilyn Solano, director of sales and marketing for RamSoft, the inspiration for PowerServer Nube came from spending a good part of her childhood in El Salvador combined with her extensive experience gained from working in healthcare over 15 years. She remembers access to the most sophisticated healthcare services in El Salvador was limited to hospitals in larger cities. Services in rural communities were much more limited and it occasionally required traveling great distances to obtain care as she experienced.

“It has been my goal to develop a solution that would deliver the most advanced cloud imaging technology to hospitals, imaging centers, but most importantly rural, underserved areas,” said Ms. Solano. “I see a lot of open source products being pieced together when they could be using a full solution that doesn’t require unnecessary high maintenance which in the long run doesn’t allow facilities to grow or expand their services due to such complex infrastructure.”

RamSoft is focused on developing and providing cost-effective RIS, PACS, and teleradiology systems for its clients worldwide. The company’s goal is to enable imaging facilities, radiology centers, and ambulatory and acute-care practices to continue offering superior patient care while improving workflow efficiencies. RamSoft offers a wide range of cost-effective and feature-rich solutions such as the PowerServer Series of PACS, RIS/PACS, teleradiology, and patient information-management systems.

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