Lexington, Mass. — Ardent Health has partnered with FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corp. to deploy Fujifilm’s Synapse enterprise imaging platform across Ardent’s acute care hospitals in six states.
The companies said the system will give Ardent clinicians a unified view of patient imaging data across departments, including radiology and cardiology, through Fujifilm’s Synapse Diagnostic PACS viewer. The platform is designed to centralize patient imaging in Synapse VNA, streamline workflows across departments and support collaboration among care teams.
“Ardent has a deep commitment to deploy technologies that improve quality and access to care in meaningful, measurable ways, while removing administrative barriers that weigh on physicians,” said Ardent Health Chief Medical Officer FJ Campbell, MD. “We’re pleased to partner with a technology leader that supports every part of patient imaging and data acquisition across our enterprise. Fujifilm’s informatics solutions give our clinicians the reliable, interoperable, and clear diagnostic insights they need, while easing documentation demands that often lead to fatigue.”
Fujifilm said its Synapse Enterprise Imaging platform uses a single diagnostic PACS viewer across radiology, mammography and cardiology. The company said the technology can help health systems manage expanding imaging datasets, including non-DICOM specialty data.
With Synapse Mobility, Ardent care teams will be able to access a patient’s full imaging record through Epic and on mobile devices, the companies said. Fujifilm’s integration with Epic Systems Corp. is intended to allow clinicians to view medical images directly within the electronic health record platform, reducing the need to move between separate systems.
“We are very pleased to partner with Ardent Health on their enterprise imaging transformation and believe our technology portfolio aligns well with Ardent’s vision for a more secure, efficient and collaborative workspace for their users and a world class imaging experience for their patients” says Bill Lacy, senior vice president, medical informatics global business, FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation. “Ardent Health is setting a precedent by investing in our highly secure, AI-powered Synapse Enterprise Imaging solutions. Our mutual goals are to bring automation to imaging workflows, intelligence for critical case prioritization while reducing manual tasks, and deliver faster result turnaround times in a system designed with a focus on the user experience.”
Ardent Health, based in Brentwood, Tenn., operates hospitals and other healthcare facilities in growing midsized urban communities across the U.S. Fujifilm Healthcare Americas is based in Lexington, Mass.
