Enterprise Imaging Do you see what I see? Michael Hamacher V.P. Business Development

Course Presenter Michael Hamacher - VP, Business Development - Medical Insight With over 20 years’ of healthcare experience in various domestic and international sales and marketing positions, Mr. Hamacher leads the US organization of Medical Insight, an innovative software company revolutionizing clinical image distribution. Prior to joining Medical Insight Mr. Hamacher was VP/GM, North America for GN Otometrics. He also spent 13 years with Welch Allyn, a leading global manufacturer of medical diagnostic equipment and connected solutions. Mr. Hamacher began his career with the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club and is a graduate of Kansas State University.

The goal of this course is to share with you trends we have seen in the market today relative to Enterprise Imaging and distribution and to learn about the challenges facing your organizations. Course Overview

Our hope is that you will leave the presentation with a better understanding of trends in the clinical market, related technical challenges and factors to consider prior to embarking on image enabling the enterprise Learning Objectives

What are some of these marketplace trends? Question?

Mobility/nomadic workflow Enterprise/EMR viewing Regional consolidation/cross-enterprise sharing (IDN’s), HIE’s Enterprise visualization (vs. a simple viewer) Ease of deployment / IT support / Standards based Exploding (image) data volumes Tele-collaboration Trends in the clinical market today

Is there anything on the horizon that you believe will become a trend in the future? Question?

Future development? Customer desire for single PACS and Enterprise solution Current trend in Scandinavia Gaining momentum in EU Is the US next? Future developments?

Question? You mentioned technical challenges – would you elaborate?

Exploding volumes of data Limited bandwidth capacity Multi vendor systems Proprietary interfaces Heterogeneous environments Technical Challenges

With all of the technologies available today, how do I choose? Question?

They all have strengths and weaknesses – there’s no perfect product today so look for one that offers the best combination of technology and functionality your users want (or need) to use! With that in mind let’s take a look at some things to consider The truth is…

Ability to be widely deployed and easily expanded –Zero download vs. Zero maintenance Efficient use of bandwidth Servers for the enterprise Complete set of tools and features Single solution everywhere (hospital, Physician office, remote) Limit the movement and duplication of data Cacheless Enterprise Viewer Considerations

Mike Hamacher Thank you!