Agfa公司构建新型医疗保健信息技术平台

一种信息技术(IT)平台允许医疗保健提供者以较低成本改善患者临床预后以及患者护理。

这种由Agfa公司(Mortsel, Belgium)研制开发的平台综合了Orbis与Impax系统。Orbis是由GWI公司(Vancouver, WA, USA)研制开发的，是一种企业内使用的信息技术平台以及整合了医院内所用行政与临床资料的配套应用软件。Agfa公司的图像存档与通信系统(PACS)联合使用Impax，这就在专门定制的高水平整合框架内，提供了复杂的医疗保健信息技术配套系统，。

Agfa近期获得了GWI，这是一家研制开发医疗保健信息系统的欧洲公司，Orbis和Symphonie在线的最初开发商，法国医院信息系统的领先供应商。这项决策允许Agfa部署各国政府都在鼓励医疗保健提供者采用的电子医疗记录。Agfa现在为各种规模的医疗保健提供者提供了所需要的临床、行政与诊断系统的整合功能与协同工作的能力。

Agfa医疗保健战略的核心是Orbis平台及其优越的工作流程与信息控制能力。Orbis包括100多个模块，能够根据医院需求的增加与变化创建以及定制。这项能够与临床工作流程驱动的Impax系统的深度进行无缝整合。

Agfa保健护理业务组总裁Philippe Houssiau说：“医疗保健工作人员与专家需要更好的进入关键信息的途径以及决策支持工具，使得他们能够以较低成本改善患者的护理。Agfa的专长侧重于对医院整体与临床核心与深度进行合并与整合。”

Healthcare Information Technology Platform
 
A new information technology (IT) platform enables healthcare providers to improve clinical outcomes and patient care at lower costs.

The platform, developed by Agfa (Mortsel, Belgium) will combine Orbis and Impax systems. Orbis, developed by GWI (Vancouver, WA, USA), is an enterprise-wide IT platform and suite of applications that integrates all administrative and clinical data within a hospital. Combined with Impax, Agfa’s picture archiving and communications system (PACS), this provides a comprehensive suite of healthcare IT systems within a framework that is customizable with a high level of integration.

Agfa recently acquired GWI, a European company that develops healthcare information systems, the original developer of Orbis and Symphonie On Line, and a leading vendor in France in hospital information systems (HIS). This decision allows Agfa to implement the electronic medical record (EMR) that governments worldwide are encouraging healthcare providers to adopt. Agfa now provides the required integration and interoperability of clinical, administrative, and diagnostic systems to healthcare providers of all sizes.

A central focus of Agfa’s healthcare strategy is the Orbis platform and its unique workflow and information-management capabilities. Orbis contains over 100 modules that can be used to build and customize at the point of care, according to hospitals’ growing and changing needs. These can be seamlessly integrated with the clinical depth of the workflow-driven Impax system.

“Healthcare facilities and medical professionals need better access to critical information and decision-support tools that will allow them to continually improve patient care at lower cost. Agfa’s strength lies in the combination and integration of the holistic approach and the clinical focus and depth,” said Philippe Houssiau, president, HealthCare Business Group, Agfa. The system has already been installed in over 600 sites in Europe.