Philips and Akumin partner to advance radiology performance and quality, and reimagine radiology network ecosystems
02 June 2021 - 11:00PM
June 2, 2021
Partnership leverages Philips’ latest Radiology Operations
Command Center to improve the access, quality, and productivity of
Akumin’s outpatient imaging center network
Amsterdam, the
Netherlands and Plantation,
U.S. – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG,
AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and Akumin Inc.,
a leading provider of outpatient diagnostic imaging services in the
U.S., today announced a strategic collaboration to deploy Philips’
new Radiology Operations Command Center across Akumin’s outpatient
imaging centers and co-create clinical standards for Akumin’s MR
and CT imaging modalities.
Designed to centralize, virtualize, and standardize network-wide
imaging operations while facilitating secure remote access,
Philips’ vendor-agnostic command center broadens the scope of
collaboration and expertise sharing between technologists,
radiologists and imaging operations teams across multiple sites
capabilities that fit perfectly into Akumin’s networked imaging
center model. Akumin, which currently operates over 130 outpatient
imaging centers across seven U.S. states, is Philips’ first
large-scale commercial Radiology Operations Command Center customer
in North America.
“We are very excited to partner with Philips on this important
strategic initiative to standardize the delivery of clinical care
to our patients, while ensuring business continuity, improving
‘first time’ image quality, and increasing our clinical personnel
productivity”, said Riadh Zine, President & CEO of Akumin.
“Addressing radiology pain points such as operator variability,
training, and the need to standardize and optimize image quality,
Radiology Operations Command Center is Philips’ latest innovation
in quality and productivity improvement,” said Kees Wesdorp, Chief
Business Leader, Precision Diagnosis at Philips. “Deploying Philips
Radiology Operations Command Center across Akumin’s
center-of-excellence imaging network is the perfect opportunity to
further drive radiology workflow efficiency to improve patient
outcomes, enhance patient and staff experiences, and reduce the
cost of care.”
Leveraging the capabilities of the command center, Philips and
Akumin aim to establish best-practice clinical standards for
Akumin’s MRI and CT modalities to enable a consistent approach to
imaging procedures across the Akumin platform. It will also allow
Akumin to implement centralized tailored support for individual
imaging centers to improve their on-site clinical expertise.
Philips’ integrated, data-driven radiology workflow solutions
connect people, data and technology to advance precision diagnosis
and create clear care pathways that lead to predictable outcomes.
For example, Philips Radiology Operations Command Center allows
technologists and radiologists to have a real-time ‘virtual’
telepresence in any connected MR or CT console room to contribute
expertise, guidance and training in acquiring right-first-time
images. Its ability to centrally monitor every MR and CT scanner in
a network from a single location and orchestrate workflows helps to
maintain business continuity, increase enterprise-wide radiology
productivity, minimize issues with image quality, and expand access
to advanced MR- and CT-based diagnosis.
The Philips Radiology Operations Command Center is the latest
addition to Philips’ end-to-end Radiology Workflow Suite, which
helps drive clinical and operational efficiency across all phases
of the diagnostic enterprise, including patient scheduling and
preparation (Patient Management), image acquisition (Radiology
Operations Command Center, Collaboration Live, MR Smart Workflow,
Radiology Imaging Suite), image and data interpretation (Workflow
Orchestrator, Advanced Visualization Workspace - IntelliSpace
Portal), reporting (Clinical Collaboration Platform),
decision-making, pathway selection and treatment (Tumor
Multidisciplinary Team Orchestrator), and follow-up care
(Enterprise Performance Suite). The Philips Radiology Operations
Command Center supports legacy systems as well as state of the art
technology including Philips newest innovation, the spectral
detector-based Spectral Computed Tomography (CT) 7500, to expand
access to novel imaging across the enterprise.
For further information, please contact:
Kathy O’ReillyPhilips Global Press OfficeTel.: +1
978-221-8919E-mail: kathy.oreilly@philips.comTwitter:
@kathyoreilly
R. Jeffrey WhiteAkumin Inc.Investor RelationsTel.: +1
866-640-5222E-mail: jeffrey.white@akumin.com
About Royal PhilipsRoyal Philips (NYSE: PHG,
AEX: PHIA) is a leading health technology company focused on
improving people's health and well-being, and enabling better
outcomes across the health continuum – from healthy living and
prevention, to diagnosis, treatment and home care. Philips
leverages advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer
insights to deliver integrated solutions. Headquartered in the
Netherlands, the company is a leader in diagnostic imaging,
image-guided therapy, patient monitoring and health informatics, as
well as in consumer health and home care. Philips generated 2020
sales of EUR 17.3billion and employs approximately 77,000 employees
with sales and services in more than 100 countries. News about
Philips can be found at www.philips.com/newscenter.
About AkuminAkumin is a leading provider of
outpatient diagnostic imaging services in the United States, with
freestanding centers located in Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Georgia, Illinois and Kansas. Our centers provide
physicians with imaging capabilities to facilitate the diagnosis
and treatment of diseases and disorders, thereby reducing the need
for unnecessary invasive procedures and contributing to lower costs
and better outcomes for patients. Our imaging procedures include
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerized tomography (CT),
positron emission tomography (PET), ultrasound, X-ray, mammography
and other diagnostic or interventional radiology procedures.
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