Sam Brusco, Associate Editor02.01.22
Handheld, whole-body ultrasound maker Butterfly Network and cloud-based medical image management firm Ambra Health have embarked on a partnership aiming to speed and simplify bedside imaging data interoperability.
Butterfly Network hopes to strengthen its Butterfly Blueprint enterprise platform’s scalability through Ambra’s knowledge in bringing disparate imaging info together. Together, the two will provide capabilities to view and securely share encounter-based ultrasound info via enhanced online data integration.
“Our partnership with Ambra Health furthers our goal for Butterfly to become a foundational platform to leading healthcare institutions,” Darius Shahida, Butterfly Network’s chief strategy and business development officer told the press. “Leveraging Ambra’s capabilities in medical data management, our Blueprint platform can now more seamlessly integrate as part of the clinical workflows and with the many systems that care teams depend on. This partnership will greatly accelerate the transformational potential Butterfly can have across hospitals and health systems, and across the industry at large.”
Research has shown that point-of-care ultrasonography boosts the initial accuracy of diagnosis, and can minimize downstream referrals and costs of imaging. Bedside imaging use as part of initial assessment in primary care resulted in change of diagnosis across 49.4 percent of patients and change in care management across 50.9 percent1.
“We are excited to partner with Butterfly Network and believe the value our two companies bring to hospitals and health systems will be significant. Encounter-based imaging has the power to transform diagnostics and care delivery. Ambra’s cloud-based technological underpinning is poised to speed realization of this potential,” said Morris Panner, president of Intelerad.
The integrated solution is expected to launch in the first quarter of this year.
Reference
1 Aakjær Andersen C, Brodersen J, Davidsen AS, et al. Use and impact of point-of-care ultrasonography in general practice: a prospective observational study. BMJ Open 2020;10:e037664. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037664
Butterfly Network hopes to strengthen its Butterfly Blueprint enterprise platform’s scalability through Ambra’s knowledge in bringing disparate imaging info together. Together, the two will provide capabilities to view and securely share encounter-based ultrasound info via enhanced online data integration.
“Our partnership with Ambra Health furthers our goal for Butterfly to become a foundational platform to leading healthcare institutions,” Darius Shahida, Butterfly Network’s chief strategy and business development officer told the press. “Leveraging Ambra’s capabilities in medical data management, our Blueprint platform can now more seamlessly integrate as part of the clinical workflows and with the many systems that care teams depend on. This partnership will greatly accelerate the transformational potential Butterfly can have across hospitals and health systems, and across the industry at large.”
Research has shown that point-of-care ultrasonography boosts the initial accuracy of diagnosis, and can minimize downstream referrals and costs of imaging. Bedside imaging use as part of initial assessment in primary care resulted in change of diagnosis across 49.4 percent of patients and change in care management across 50.9 percent1.
“We are excited to partner with Butterfly Network and believe the value our two companies bring to hospitals and health systems will be significant. Encounter-based imaging has the power to transform diagnostics and care delivery. Ambra’s cloud-based technological underpinning is poised to speed realization of this potential,” said Morris Panner, president of Intelerad.
The integrated solution is expected to launch in the first quarter of this year.
Reference
1 Aakjær Andersen C, Brodersen J, Davidsen AS, et al. Use and impact of point-of-care ultrasonography in general practice: a prospective observational study. BMJ Open 2020;10:e037664. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037664