MELVILLE, N.Y., Feb. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The goal of
appropriately access and help protect patient information is top of
mind for today's healthcare organizations, as well as Canon
U.S.A., a leader in digital
imaging solutions. At the Healthcare Information Management Systems
Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference, taking place February 19 to 23 in Orlando, healthcare providers visiting the
Canon booth (#1837) can discover how Canon solutions can assist
customers in taking the essential actions needed for transformation
while considering information exchange requirements under
Meaningful Use. While experiencing the high-quality imaging and
productivity enhancing solutions that earned Canon a 2017 Buyers
Laboratory LLC (BLI) PaceSetter award for Healthcare in the
Hospital Networks category and learning why the brand was
recognized by survey respondents as a top shared printer/MFP brand
in hospitals1, visitors can also attend presentations
from Canon collaborators, including Box, Inc., to discover
solutions that can allow them to easily collaborate with other
medical professionals, while helping to enhance patient experience
and help practitioners with their continuity of care and compliance
goals2.
The flow of patient information continues long after it is
digitized, making it imperative for organizations to adopt an
information file sharing approach that can help limit access to
patient data, and promotes coordination and integration of medical
information for continuity of care, enabling healthcare
professionals to collaborate and efficiently track and compile a
patient's comprehensive health history. With these needs in mind,
Canon offers a wide variety of devices and software solutions that
can help to effectively manage patient data from the point of
digital capture to transmission and storage. Attendees can also see
how Canon devices and software solutions can help increase
efficiency and contain printing costs in paper-intensive workflow
environments, such as medical records, administrative documents,
admissions and discharge.
"Healthcare is an industry like no other. Providers face
mounting pressures to adapt their practices to rising costs,
changing regulatory requirements and other difficulties that
challenge healthcare delivery organizations to remain efficient and
profitable. And all this while still providing the highest level
quality of care," noted Jamie
Bsales, director, Office Workflow Solutions Analysis at BLI.
"Not only has Canon demonstrated a strong ability to help
organizations face mounting pressures to move from paper records to
electronic and reduce costs, it has also shown its ability to
leverage its imaging technology expertise to offer a host of
solutions beyond document imaging and managed services, including
digital radiography and ophthalmic equipment."
Security Features2
Healthcare professionals
can help limit access to data of capture with the access-controlled
scanning and printing capabilities of uniFLOW when used in
combination with Canon imageFORMULA scanners, as well as
imageRUNNER ADVANCE and imageCLASS multifunction systems (MFPs).
Upon authenticating at a Canon devices, healthcare providers
can automatically capture and route files to information
management and workflow solutions, such as Therefore™ and third
party systems, allowing them manage and view changes to electronic
Protected Health Information (ePHI) in an access controlled,
traceable manner. Care providers can also utilize this access
controlled exchange of information with third-parties via a variety
of Canon solutions capable of integrating with Box™ content
collaboration platform to allow the sharing of DICOM® clinical
images, billing information and other vital data outside of their
organization.
Interoperability with EHR Integration
With the Canon
solutions portfolio, medical professionals are able to share
patient information across the continuum of care utilizing a
variety of security features. Whether from the point of care or
within various hospital departments, healthcare professionals can
utilize Canon solutions, such as the Canon uniFLOW Connector for
OnBase™, to facilitate the seamless transmission of patient medical
records. This solution integrates with widely used healthcare
information systems, including Epic, Allscripts, Cerner and
McKesson.
For healthcare organizations looking to transform existing
patient records into digital records to help improve efficiency,
access to medical files and facilitate key aspects of
compliance2 efforts relative to managing patient
records, Digital Conversion Services for Healthcare offered by
Canon Information and Imaging Solutions (CIIS), a wholly owned
subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc.,
can assist healthcare organizations with this labor intensive
task.
Print Management
To assist paper-intensive
environments, such as medical records, administration, admissions
and pharmacies, Canon works with leading healthcare systems
providers to help organizations efficiently and effectively print
the documents they need. Canon Managed Document Services (MDS)
offers healthcare organizations a unified offering for total output
and document solutions management, consisting of a complete,
customized program, specific to its unique business needs.
Healthcare organizations concerned with analyzing and reducing
print costs can also utilize uniFLOW's print tracking and analytics
capabilities to help them identify inefficiencies.
Diagnostic Imaging
In addition to document solutions,
guests can discover how Canon has helped the healthcare industry
transition from film-based X-ray systems to digital radiography.
Drawing upon its proprietary image sensor technology, Canon has
developed digital flat panel detectors that produce high-resolution
images with low X-ray dose to the patient, and can be integrated
into complete digital radiography systems and upgrade solutions for
customers with existing analog systems. Visitors can also inspect a
Canon retinal camera that utilizes Canon imaging technologies to
take high quality images that can help eye care professionals in
their daily work.
For more information about Canon U.S.A., visit www.usa.canon.com.
About Canon U.S.A.,
Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is
a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and
industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean markets. With approximately
$29 billion in global revenue, its
parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), ranked third overall in
U.S. patents granted in 2016† and is one of Fortune Magazine's
World's Most Admired Companies in 2016. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest level of
customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent U.S.-based
consumer service and support for all of the products it
distributes. Canon U.S.A. is
dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and
environmental responsibility. In 2014, the Canon Americas
Headquarters secured LEED® Gold certification, a recognition for
the design, construction, operations and maintenance of
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1 IDC Multiclient Study, Page Volume in Hospital,
November 2016. IDC.
2 Canon offers security features that can help your business.
Many variables can impact the security of your devices and data.
Canon does not warrant that the use of its features will prevent
malicious attacks, or prevent misuse of devices or data or other
security issues.
Some security settings may affect device functionality or
performance. You may want to test these settings before deploying
them in your environment to ensure you understand their
effects.
Nothing herein should be construed as legal counsel or
regulatory advice concerning customers' compliance with laws.
Customers must have their own qualified counsel determine the
feasibility of a particular solution as it relates to regulatory
and statutory compliance.
Canon U.S.A. website:
http://www.usa.canon.com
For sales information/customer support:
1-800-OK-CANON
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