Healthcare IT

CPS possesses extensive experience working in the Medical Imaging information technology domain, specializing in cross enterprise data integration and interfacing with Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS). PACS are commonly commercial products that consist of computers and networks dedicated to the storage, retrieval, distribution and presentation of images. One challenge presented by modern PACS technology is that vendors often utilize proprietary formats for the storage of medical images. These formats range from a variant of the commonly accepted format for image storage Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM), to non-DICOM proprietary standards. As such, CPS developed a solution that enables the seamless integration of medical image data between disparate medical systems and networks, using Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) concepts and technologies. The resultant CPS PACS Integration Technology is flexible and supports the integration of a wide variety of medical standards and technologies in a secure and efficient manner. The extensible architecture of CPS PACS Integration Technology readily integrates existing PACS with Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems and single-sign on providers. CPS also developed a Medical Image Viewer (MIV), which offers a user friendly and intuitive web interface for locating and viewing referential medical images. This advanced viewer control provides powerful image manipulation tools to the web interface.

CPS PACS Integration Technology is currently utilized to integrate Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical imaging systems. At the forefront of DOD and VA image exchange, CPS is enabling the exchange of shared images between six medical health facilities today with planned expansion to reach 14 sites by the end of 2008. CPS technology was also successfully used to image enable the US Air Force Integrated Clinical Database (ICDB) EMR