Members to Focus on Healthcare’s Future Needs
October 21, 2011—Sarasota, FL—Focusing on continued expansion, peerVue, a leader in healthcare IT workflow and communications, announces appointment of an advisory board of radiology leaders to provide strategic product direction and help spearhead the company’s ongoing success.
Last year, peerVue debuted a new category of healthcare workflow management and communications systems with the first QICS (Qualitative Intelligence and Communication System), which bridges the gaps inherent in multiple healthcare information systems in use today.
Already, the peerVue QICS has been embraced by more than 100 institutions worldwide, including luminary organizations like Parkland Memorial Hospital, Regional Medical Imaging, South Jersey Radiology Associates and Multicare. It is also distributed globally by industry leading RIS and PACS Providers. Today, peerVue QICS is being used in a continually growing range of installations to manage critical test results communications, emergency department discrepancies, peer review, technologist review and patient follow-up management. Other customizable applications include radiation dose tracking, peer consultation and billing discrepancy and management. Sites also are expanding significantly beyond traditional radiology applications, including mammography, cardiology, pathology laboratory and more.
Additionally, as a strategic partner of innovative not-for-profit Imaging the World (ITW), peerVue is now demonstrating the potential of QICS to manage diverse data distribution and communications among a virtual network of caregivers around the globe.
“QICS draws on the healthcare experience of peerVue leadership and was created to fulfill an unmet need in healthcare IT,” says peerVue CEO Kyle Lawton. “As the challenges of healthcare continue to evolve, we believe that the best way to respond is by working with a group of experienced clinicians and other healthcare leaders with their fingers on the pulse of the marketplace.”
The new peerVue board will meet for a two-day summit in early 2012 to evaluate the company’s blueprint for product development and support as well as marketing strategies for the coming year. The group will continue to collaborate and consult with peerVue on an ongoing basis throughout 2012 as these plans are implemented. “We have selected progressive individuals who have consistently demonstrated leadership and innovation within their organizations and for the industry in general, to provide us with special guidance. They offer the knowledge and experience we need to support the creation of innovative solutions across the business of imaging,” says Lawton.
peerVue Advisory Board members include (in alphabetical order):
Julie Champine, M.D., FARC, Chief of Radiology for Parkland Hospital in Dallas and Professor of Radiology at the University of Texas Southwest Medical Center. She studied Pre-Medicine at Texas A&M University and earned her M.D. from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Champine served her residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Parkland. Her clinical interests include Abdominal Radiology, Computed Tomography, Gastrointestinal Radiology, Radiology Contrast Agents and Urology.
Kristen DeStigter, M.D., co-founder of Imaging the World, an organization dedicated to saving lives by providing diagnostic imaging in rural communities around the globe. Dr. DeStigter received her M.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University and completed her Diagnostic Radiology residency training and Body Imaging fellowship at University Hospitals of Cleveland. After five years of private practice in Michigan, she joined the faculty of the University of Vermont/Fletcher Allen Health Care, where she is Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program Director.
Randy D. Hicks, M.D., M.B.A., co-owner and CEO of Regional Medical Imaging in mid Michigan. An expert on women's imaging, Dr. Hicks graduated from Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine and completed his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Michigan State University Affiliated. His leadership role in the medical community includes service as Chairman of the Board of Directors for PPI Communications, a company that specializes in communication solutions for physicians, and as a board member or development/advisory board member for numerous other organizations.
William F. Muhr, Jr., M.D., owner, President and CEO of South Jersey Radiology Associates (SJRA) in the greater Philadelphia area. SJRA offers a full spectrum of state-of-the-art imaging technologies. Dr. Muhr, an expert in Diagnostic Radiology/MRI Body, received his undergraduate degree from Lehigh University and his M.D. from Hahnemann University, completing both his internship and residency at Hahnemann University Hospital.
James J. Sapienza, FACHE, is Administrator of Imaging Services at MultiCare Health System in Tacoma, Washington, and an instructor at Bellevue College. He previously served as Administrative Director-Operations (Imaging and Neurosciences Institute) and (Imaging Services) for Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. A former CEO of Seattle Surgery Center, Sapienza received a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude from Dartmouth College, where he was a Senior Fellow in the School of Arts and Sciences. He also earned a Master of Arts from Indiana University and an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota.
peerVue Advisory Board members, Lawton noted, will use their collective experience in imaging, as well as their industry participation, to create a forum for discussion of trends and issues, helping the company to continue to create solutions for ongoing healthcare IT changes and challenges.
About peerVue, Inc.
Since its inception in 2002, peerVue has been redefining the healthcare IT market with intelligent workflow and communication solutions that enable healthcare organizations to improve patient care and safety, while reducing risk and simplifying process. With a passion for technology and innovation, peerVue was established to solve critical workflow and communication gaps in healthcare that jeopardize patient safety and render imaging organizations inefficient. Headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, peerVue delivers solutions worldwide with dozens of integrations to leading healthcare imaging and IT across multiple specialties, including radiology, mammography, cardiology and pathology. Contact peerVue at 877.572.9505 or visit www.peerVue.com.
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