Imaging Partners Online’s ongoing investment in innovative information technology has opened up a world of opportunity for radiology.

 
Never before has high quality off-site reporting been so readily available seamlessly, 24 hours a day and seven days a week.
 
With the help of Imaging Partners Online’s in-house developed IT tools and carefully designed processes, Imaging Partners Online now manages thousands of studies every week, safely, securely and reliably. Imaging Partners Online’s particular focus on urgent report turnarounds means that every minute counts and its IT needs to be up to the task.
 
Security and confidentiality is important in client confidence. As evidence of Imaging Partners Online’s commitment to patient confidentiality and data security, Imaging Partners Online has achieved internationally recognised ISO27001 certification for both its UK and Australian reporting centres. In the UK Imaging Partners Online’s IT innovation has supported the company’s unique workflow and ability to be the first company to obtain approval to send reporting data out of the UK.  If sending studies to Imaging Partners Online UK’s dedicated Melbourne or Sydney reporting centres, studies are firstly anonymised and then transmitted quickly and securely to its data centre in Sydney. When signed, the report is transmitted back to the UK and the patient data is updated using a unique identifier. No patient identifiable data leaves the UK.
 
As with all mission critical IT, reliability and redundancy is crucial. Imaging Partners Online has achieved this by operating only from commercial data centres and purpose designed reporting centres in London, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
 
These reporting centres have levels of redundancy that are almost impossible to achieve in other settings such as home reporting. Secure interfacing with client PACS and delivery of reports, right into clients’ RIS is also a cornerstone of our service. Imaging Partners Online has now connected to more than 40 radiology systems worldwide, using DICOM and HL7 protocols to provide an effective and efficient way of working.
 
Over three years of operation Imaging Partners Online has developed an off-site reporting service that is second to none. That quality is due in no small part to Imaging Partners Online’s innovative IT. “We’re proud of our technological credentials,” said Imaging Partners Online UK’s Systems Architect, Ronald Li. “At the end of the day what our clients really want to know is that their after-hours service is being delivered safely, securely and reliably.”