UNLV
School of Dental Medicine Implements MiPACS Dental Imaging
Enterprise and Salud Dental Clinical Information System and
Electronic Dental Record (EDR)
Charlotte,
NC (July, 2004) Medicor
Imaging, a digital imaging and DICOM solution provider, announced
today that the UNLV School of Dental Medicine has completed
a successful install of its MiPACS Dental Imaging Enterprise
along with Two-Ten Health’s Salud
Dental Clinical Information System and Electronic Dental Record
(EDR). Two-Ten Health partnered with Medicor Imaging in 2003
to incorporate its MiPACS Dental Imaging Enterprise into the
Salud suite of products. The combination of these products
has helped UNLVSDM lead the way in becoming one of the only
paperless and filmless dental schools in the world.
In
2002, the UNLV School of Dental Medicine opened its doors
to the residents of Nevada, and by June 2004 quickly found
itself to be one of the only paperless and filmless dental
schools in the world. Since this implementation, UNLVSDM has
processed approximately 800 patients since opening its doors
on June 7th and is continuing to utilize this new system in
ways that paper and film-based methodologies did not exist.
Two-Ten’s Salud is primarily integrated through a Citrix
environment, so Medicor added support for this system and
realized the major advantages of this implementation. From
a radiology standpoint, students are able to learn multiple
uses of digital radiography, and this is done through integration
between Salud and MiPACS stand-alone applications. These include
phosphorous plate scanning and direct digital capture of intraoral
and panoramic images.
“With
a vision to provide the best dental care and a goal to become
a paperless and digital dental school, UNLV looked to Two-Ten
Health and Medicor Imaging to provide Salud EDR and MiPACS
Dental Enterprise Solution. We were thoroughly impressed with
the professionalism that was shown between Medicor Imaging
and Two-Ten Health in accomplishing and reaching the goals
that were set forth by this university”, stated Dean
Pat Ferrillo. “As we continue to expand our outreach
to the community, we will be moving forward to implement MiPACS
and Salud into our outlying and mobile clinics.”
The
MiPACS Dental Imaging Enterprise is an imaging application
that provides a viewing workstation, acquisition workstation
and a storage system all in one. Built in accordance with
the DICOM 3.0 standard, MiPACS offers a scalable, device independent
and affordable solution that was once out of reach for the
dental industry. Features include support for more than 16
digital imaging systems; support for intra-oral sensors, intra-oral
cameras, phosphor plates, surgical and histological microscopy,
and digital cameras; storage of MRI and CT; numerous image
enhancement tools, and integration to Clinical Information
Systems.
Gregg
Nicks, Executive Account Manager of Medicor Imaging, stated,
“Medicor Imaging was delighted to be part of the first
paperless and digital dental university in the US, and we
would have not been successful without our partnership with
Two-Ten Health. We wanted to provide UNLVSDM the most optimal,
scalable and reliable imaging solution knowing that they were
going to a fully digital clinic. UNLVSDM is setting the scale
for other dental schools to look upon when implementing a
paperless and filmless environment.”
Salud’s
enterprise solution facilitates all aspects of running a dental
enterprise. Salud’s modules include, Clinical, Finance/Administration,
Academic, and Research. In addition to providing the core
functionality Salud’s open system design allows for
integration to third party vendors such as digital imaging
and electronic claims processing. Two-Ten Health provides
an ancillary application, Salud Link On that enables an Outreach
Clinic not only to manage their patients but it also provides
a link to the school for decision support, research, continuing
education and other information.
Bruce
Dennis, Vice President of Two-Ten Health’s North American
Operations stated, “The successful integration of Salud
and MiPACS was critical for UNLVSDM to realize the full benefits
of being filmless. UNLVSDM has established the new standard
for digital radiograph implementation in dental education.”
