Working together for the greater good

ITW is collaborating with ultrasound industry partners like Philips and GE to help us develop universal specifications for a low-cost, field-grade ultrasound machine. We are also partnered with imaging informatics industry experts like Mckesson and peerVue, as well as other radiology and medical organizations, ultrasound education specialists, and academic institutions. Representatives and volunteers from these diverse organizations come together for weekly teleconferences; together, we work to nurture and develop this global health solution.

ITW would like to give special thanks to our leading supporters:

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Joseph Fineberg Foundation
Philips Healthcare

ITW’s program is possible partly through innovations provided by our technology partners:

McKesson Corporation
peerVue Inc.

Our work has been made possible through the generous support and collaborative efforts of:

McKesson

McKesson

As a provider of enterprise medical imaging and healthcare information technology solutions, McKesson’s Medical Imaging Group (MIG) enables healthcare facilities, of all sizes and complexities, to manage the massive amount of specialized imaging applications that come from dealing with today’s medical imaging department. McKesson’s RIS/PACS and CVIS are industry leading solutions, designed to improve radiology and cardiology departments’ workflow, break down the communication barriers and improve access to patient information by the entire care team. McKesson and it’s PACS solution, Horizon Medical Imaging, supports the ITW mission by providing medical imaging software expertise as well as allowing ITW to use one of its proprietary software technologies as a basis for developing the software for sharing medical images worldwide. For more information visit www.allaboutPACS.com.

peerVue

peerVue

With a focus on technology and innovation, peerVue is 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 processes. Since its inception in 2002 peerVue has been solving critical workflow and communication gaps in healthcare that jeopardize patient safety and render imaging organizations inefficient. Its new a revolutionary web-based Qualitative Intelligence & Communications System (QICS) platform, introduced in 2010, transforms existing healthcare data into qualitative intelligence that delivers an unlimited range of radiology, breast imaging, cardiology and Lab/Path workflows—from critical results communication and emergency room discrepancy management to radiation dose tracking. It also supports continuous departmental improvements and maximizes revenue. The first solution of its kind, the peerVue QICS directly integrates with HIS, RIS and PACS solutions. QICS simplifies the IT environment by eliminating workarounds in existing systems and eliminates the need to purchase multiple niche solutions to address otherwise unmet functionalities beyond the scope of HIS, RIS and PACS… For ITW’s innovative global imaging initiative, peerVue’s QICS will support global interpretation worklist management, structured reporting, results communications, workflow and clinical outcomes analysis the overall results. Ultrasound images, acquired in remote villages, ultimately will be transmitted to a PACS server, where the peerVue QICS will detect studies, determine the image type and notify appropriate interpreters. QICS will manage the entire exam workflow process and monitor the overall ITW study of its new imaging paradigm through results analysis. peerVue delivers solutions worldwide with dozens of integrations to leading healthcare imaging and IT across multiple specialties, including radiology, mammography, cardiology and pathology. The company is headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, Contact peerVue at 877.572.9505 or visit www.peerVue.com.

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Pegasus Lectures, Inc.

Pegasus Lectures, Inc. provides physicians, sonographers, and ultrasound students with leading edge ultrasound seminars and products for ultrasound instruction, continuing medical education, and credentialing preparation worldwide.  Areas of specialty include ultrasound physics, adult, pediatric, and fetal echocardiography, cerebrovascular, peripheral arterial, peripheral venous, and visceral vascular examinations, abdomen, small parts, OB/GYN, and breast ultrasound.  As an organization, Pegasus’ core mission is to improve patient care through innovative and exceptional seminars and products. Since its inception in 1994, Pegasus has consistently donated time, materials, and expertise to organizations with the mission of improving healthcare in developing countries.  The management of Pegasus Lectures has made a special commitment to aiding ITW in its mission.  At Pegasus Lectures, we believe that everyone worldwide deserves a decent life and quality healthcare. For more information visit www.pegasuslecturesinc.com.

Philips HealthCare

Philips Healthcare

Philips simplifies healthcare by focusing on the people in the care cycle—patients and care providers. By combining human insights and clinical expertise, Philips aims to develop innovative solutions that improve patient outcomes at lower overall costs. Philips is committed to developing tools that deliver value throughout the complete cycle of care—from disease prevention to screening and diagnosis through to treatment, health management and monitoring—in key areas including cardiology, oncology, critical care and women’s health. Philips, another world leader in healthcare innovation and services, has committed to support ITW’s mission through funding research and providing equipment.

RAD-AID

RAD-AID

RAD-AID International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving access to radiology in developing countries and optimizing the role of medical imaging in public health initiatives. In pursuit of this mission, RAD-AID focuses on five main areas of service; (1) Clinical education, (2) business and entrepreneurship leadership for new health care leaders in developing nations, (3) optimizing information technology for limited resource regions, (4) public health for population-based health programs requiring imaging (such as infectious disease and cancer screening, and (5) research of health care systems for quality and economic analysis. RAD-AID manages a growing network of partnered medical organizations and is a proud partner of ITW. Please join us on our web site, blogs, and facebook system for more information, projects, and activities at http://www.rad-aid.org.

Terason

Terason

Terason, a division of Teratech Corporation (www.terason.com), is a diagnostic ultrasound technology company setting new standards for image quality, ease of use, size and cost. Using breakthrough system integration technologies, Terason helps improve patient care by enabling compact equipment to generate diagnostic images previously possible only using large, expensive machines. The leading manufacturer of high performance laptop ultrasound imaging systems, Terason was established in 1994 as a spin-off of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory. Since Terason introduced its first product in 2001, thousands of ultrasound systems have been shipped to clinicians and to partners worldwide. The company’s unique Teratech™ Architecture and new FIT Technology enable exceptional performance and value.