Accenture and AT&T Launch Medical Imaging Solution
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Posted on November 28, 2011 at 8:14:01 AM
Accenture and AT&T Launch Medical Imaging Solution
Helps Hospitals Access Medical Images and Doctors Collaborate
CHICAGO, Nov. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and AT&T* have launched a new medical imaging solution that will enhance the capabilities of health professionals and radiologists to electronically share, review and store medical images, such as X-rays and CT or MRI scans, through AT&T technologies.
The Accenture Medical Imaging Solution, enabled by AT&T, can help medical professionals review patient images almost instantly, allow radiologists to see more patients and improve long-term technology costs and profitability. The solution can also enable national hospital networks to centrally manage medical images and collaborate efficiently with other institutions, physicians and radiologists.
The Accenture Medical Imaging Solution will be offered to U.S. hospitals and support the following capabilities:
-- Long-Term Image Management - The AT&T Medical Imaging and Information
Management solution, a vendor-neutral, cloud-based service, helps
providers to store, access, view and share patient medical images from
virtually anywhere over a highly-secure infrastructure. The
pay-as-you-go storage pricing helps providers to store medical images
easily and avoid costly capital investment in storage infrastructure.
-- Teleradiology Exchange - The Accenture exchange will help to match
supply and demand of radiology facilities and services. This can provide
community-based hospitals with access to radiology services from medical
centers, enabled by AT&T's network and cloud hosting capabilities.
-- Workflow Analysis and Enablement - The Accenture benefit assessment and
optimization analysis is a process that helps hospitals and other care
providers connected by this solution to share their capacity for storing
medical images and information. The offer includes features that can
help hospitals efficiently manage radiology services.
"Access to an accurate, cost-effective diagnosis will significantly improve all aspects of health delivery," said Derek Danois, who leads medical imaging for Accenture Health. "Healthcare IT is an integral link in connecting clinical decisions and enabling an insight driven healthcare system."
"Accenture's systems integration experience coupled with AT&T's cloud-based technologies means hospitals can have virtually real-time access to medical images while reducing healthcare costs," said Randall Porter, assistant vice president, AT&T ForHealth.
Medical imaging management is one of the health industry's biggest challenges, and providers increasingly are turning to cloud-based solutions. Roughly 73 percent of healthcare organizations plan to shift imaging data storage to the cloud, in some capacity, while 32 percent actively use some form of cloud solutions today, according to an Accenture study. The shift from analog to digital images has resulted in exponential growth in the amount of data that must be stored.
*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.
About AccentureAccenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with approximately 236,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world's most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US$25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011. Its home page is http://www.accenture.com.
About AT&TAT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates - AT&T operating companies - are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's fastest mobile broadband network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile broadband and emerging 4G capabilities, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse(®) and AT&T | DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive are known for their leadership in local search and advertising.
Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com. This AT&T news release and other announcements are available at http://www.att.com/newsroom and as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. Or follow our news on Twitter at @ATT.
© 2011 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. Mobile broadband not available in all areas. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE AT&T Inc.; Accenture
AT&T Inc.; Accenture
CONTACT: Jenn Francis of Accenture Health, +1-630-338-6426, jennifer.francis@accenture.com; or Wendi Fuller of AT&T Corporate Communications, +1-214-665-1306, wendi.fuller@att.com
Web Site: http://www.accenture.com
Helps Hospitals Access Medical Images and Doctors Collaborate
CHICAGO, Nov. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and AT&T* have launched a new medical imaging solution that will enhance the capabilities of health professionals and radiologists to electronically share, review and store medical images, such as X-rays and CT or MRI scans, through AT&T technologies.
The Accenture Medical Imaging Solution, enabled by AT&T, can help medical professionals review patient images almost instantly, allow radiologists to see more patients and improve long-term technology costs and profitability. The solution can also enable national hospital networks to centrally manage medical images and collaborate efficiently with other institutions, physicians and radiologists.
The Accenture Medical Imaging Solution will be offered to U.S. hospitals and support the following capabilities:
-- Long-Term Image Management - The AT&T Medical Imaging and Information
Management solution, a vendor-neutral, cloud-based service, helps
providers to store, access, view and share patient medical images from
virtually anywhere over a highly-secure infrastructure. The
pay-as-you-go storage pricing helps providers to store medical images
easily and avoid costly capital investment in storage infrastructure.
-- Teleradiology Exchange - The Accenture exchange will help to match
supply and demand of radiology facilities and services. This can provide
community-based hospitals with access to radiology services from medical
centers, enabled by AT&T's network and cloud hosting capabilities.
-- Workflow Analysis and Enablement - The Accenture benefit assessment and
optimization analysis is a process that helps hospitals and other care
providers connected by this solution to share their capacity for storing
medical images and information. The offer includes features that can
help hospitals efficiently manage radiology services.
"Access to an accurate, cost-effective diagnosis will significantly improve all aspects of health delivery," said Derek Danois, who leads medical imaging for Accenture Health. "Healthcare IT is an integral link in connecting clinical decisions and enabling an insight driven healthcare system."
"Accenture's systems integration experience coupled with AT&T's cloud-based technologies means hospitals can have virtually real-time access to medical images while reducing healthcare costs," said Randall Porter, assistant vice president, AT&T ForHealth.
Medical imaging management is one of the health industry's biggest challenges, and providers increasingly are turning to cloud-based solutions. Roughly 73 percent of healthcare organizations plan to shift imaging data storage to the cloud, in some capacity, while 32 percent actively use some form of cloud solutions today, according to an Accenture study. The shift from analog to digital images has resulted in exponential growth in the amount of data that must be stored.
*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.
About AccentureAccenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with approximately 236,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world's most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US$25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011. Its home page is http://www.accenture.com.
About AT&TAT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates - AT&T operating companies - are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's fastest mobile broadband network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile broadband and emerging 4G capabilities, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse(®) and AT&T | DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive are known for their leadership in local search and advertising.
Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com. This AT&T news release and other announcements are available at http://www.att.com/newsroom and as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. Or follow our news on Twitter at @ATT.
© 2011 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. Mobile broadband not available in all areas. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE AT&T Inc.; Accenture
AT&T Inc.; Accenture
CONTACT: Jenn Francis of Accenture Health, +1-630-338-6426, jennifer.francis@accenture.com; or Wendi Fuller of AT&T Corporate Communications, +1-214-665-1306, wendi.fuller@att.com
Web Site: http://www.accenture.com