Siemens Healthcare conducted a study with six customers in Germany, Austria and Spain to quantitatively and qualitatively measure the efficiency of the software syngo.via compared to a conventional advanced visualisation workstation. The study results show that syngo.via can significantly help to save time when reading medical images, without compromising accuracy. For example, the observed average time savings from syngo.via for CT Cardiac amounted to 77 per cent compared to other reading solutions. Additionally, the participating clinicians stated that syngo.via is performing better regarding usability than comparable software.
For a clinical institution to be successful, it is essential to obtain the highest possible diagnostic accuracy while maintaining a fast and efficient workflow. The 3D reading and advanced visualisation software syngo.via enables clinicians to meet the respective requirements by automatically loading for example CT or MR images into the appropriate application and sorting them into the disease-specific corresponding layout. Manual work steps are eliminated and the clinician can start diagnosing immediately. Siemens designed the syngo.via efficiency study with regard to following questions: What are the time benefits of using syngo.via compared to other reading software for a specific set of images? And which qualitative aspects in the use of syngo.via improve the diagnostic reading process?
Six medical sites participated in the efficiency study which took account of a total number of seven different clinical workflows. To reflect their clinical routine, each participating site determined the case mix and measured 10 to 20 cases per workflow. The analysis of the study data showed that the use of syngo.via can achieve time savings and patient-centric productivity gains in all of the observed workflows. For example, the observed average time savings from syngo.via for CT cardiac amounted to 77 per cent and for an oncology diagnosis with PET/CT to 45 per cent. Using syngo.via when diagnosing oncology and neurology MR examinations resulted in 32 and 23 per cent average time savings, respectively. Analysis of images for CT vascular was 27 per cent and image evaluation for PET/CT and CT oncology follow-up 30 and 16 per cent faster compared to conventional advanced visualisation or PACS workstation. Siemens also conducted a usability survey among the study participants and they stated that syngo.via performs better regarding the aspects data preparation, usability of viewing and measurement tools, documentation and reporting than the former software. For e.g. “syngo.via is an excellent tool to increase the productivity of radiologists working on cardiac images,” said Professor Gudrun Feuchtner, Innsbruck University Hospital, Austria, for example.
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