Sam Brusco, Associate Editor11.22.23
GE HealthCare has earned U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its new version of Digital Expert Access with remote scanning, which it says is the first remote patient scan solution with such a clearance.
Digital Expert Access allows users to share expertise, best practices, and in-the-moment advice. It also provides real-time, remote console control. The solution is compatible with GE HealthCare’s magnetic resonance (MR) devices.
The company also began an exclusive distribution deal with Brazilian tech company IONIC Health. The company specializes in automation technologies, which include remote solutions to automate, monitor, access, support, educate, and teleoperate. The company’s 510(k)-pending nCommand Lite was engineered to include vendor-agnostic, remote scanning capabilities.
It also supports multi-modality capabilities, including MR, CT, and positron emission tomography (PET)-CT.
The new version of Digital Expert Access with remote scanning boasts a feature enabling the remote clinical expert to begin a scan on GE HealthCare MR devices from locations inside or outside the radiology suite or any clinical facility, the company said.
“The ability to seamlessly bridge multiple locations, users, and devices, enables technologists to share knowledge, improves exam workflows, speeds up decision-making and helps achieve clinical and efficiency goals. With a shortage of radiologists, it is also key for facilities to be able to leverage the skills of one expert across multiple physical locations,” Jan Makela, president and CEO of Imaging, GE HealthCare told the press. “Additionally, as the first FDA-cleared remote scan solution, Digital Expert Access with remote scanning sets a new bar for patient safety within imaging operations, which is critical given the anticipated future growth within this space.”
Digital Expert Access allows users to share expertise, best practices, and in-the-moment advice. It also provides real-time, remote console control. The solution is compatible with GE HealthCare’s magnetic resonance (MR) devices.
The company also began an exclusive distribution deal with Brazilian tech company IONIC Health. The company specializes in automation technologies, which include remote solutions to automate, monitor, access, support, educate, and teleoperate. The company’s 510(k)-pending nCommand Lite was engineered to include vendor-agnostic, remote scanning capabilities.
It also supports multi-modality capabilities, including MR, CT, and positron emission tomography (PET)-CT.
The new version of Digital Expert Access with remote scanning boasts a feature enabling the remote clinical expert to begin a scan on GE HealthCare MR devices from locations inside or outside the radiology suite or any clinical facility, the company said.
“The ability to seamlessly bridge multiple locations, users, and devices, enables technologists to share knowledge, improves exam workflows, speeds up decision-making and helps achieve clinical and efficiency goals. With a shortage of radiologists, it is also key for facilities to be able to leverage the skills of one expert across multiple physical locations,” Jan Makela, president and CEO of Imaging, GE HealthCare told the press. “Additionally, as the first FDA-cleared remote scan solution, Digital Expert Access with remote scanning sets a new bar for patient safety within imaging operations, which is critical given the anticipated future growth within this space.”