Digital healthcare is a huge industry, and for good reason. Not only is there an incredible amount of opportunities for businesses, but it also feels good to know you're a part of something that helps improve people's health. But for some providers it's not yet an option to upgrade their equipment, but still want the ability to take advantage of Meaningful Use incentives. How can these institutions continue using their legacy systems and devices but still provide the highest level of care for their patients?

Print to PACS, a powerful feature offered in LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging SDKs, is a perfect solution to these situations. In this white paper we will explore the benefits, scenarios, and easy to use code that will allow you to integrate any legacy system into your digital PACS and EHR systems and round off your launch into the digital healthcare age.

HIMSS 2014 is approaching soon, and LEAD Technologies has big plans for this year's show! Of course, LEAD will be demonstrating the full line of LEADTOOLS version 18 SDKs including medical imaging, document imaging and Multimedia product offerings. In addition, LEAD will be highlighting how LEADTOOLS can be used to quickly and easily achieve specific tasks and uses important to the healthcare industry, including Stage 2 Meaningful Use qualification and Cloud adoption.

Leverage LEADTOOLS HTML5 Medical Viewer and PACS Framework to allow customers to satisfy Stage 2 Meaningful Use requirements

• HTML5 Medical Viewer
  • Patients and providers can view DICOM images anywhere, from any desktop, tablet or mobile device
  • Facilitate computerized order entry for modalities with MWL/MPPS
• PACS Framework
  • Ease the creation and management of computerized order entry
  • Integrate older legacy systems and modalities into your digital PACS and EHR systems with Print to PACS

Take your solution to the Cloud with LEADTOOLS

• PACS Server Framework provides robust cloud storage and disaster recovery capabilities
• HTML5 Medical Viewer Framework may be hosted on the Cloud and scaled to handle enterprise level demands

Visit LEAD Technologies at HIMSS Booth #3839

In addition to these features, LEADTOOLS will have much more on display at HIMSS. While you are in Orlando enjoying the break from cold weather, we hope you take the time to visit our booth to meet LEAD's imaging experts and check out the latest medical imaging technology in LEADTOOLS.

HIMSS 2014 is right around the corner and we hope to see many of you next week! In addition to Device Independent Viewing and Cloud Technology, another major focus during the exhibit will be on how LEADTOOLS can be used to build an economically sustainable healthcare solution and improve business intelligence by mining big data.

Create an Economically Sustainable Healthcare System using LEADTOOLS

• The LEADTOOLS Print-to-PACS functionality can incorporate legacy systems into a digital workflow
• The Cloud Storage interface of the LEADTOOLS PACS Server Framework reduces implementation time and resources, and can reduce ongoing operational costs
• The load balanceable LEADTOOLS PACS Storage Server and HTML5 Medical Viewer can easily scale upwards in a cost effective manner to meet the growth and the demands of any enterprise
• Automate business processes with recognition technologies such as barcode, OCR, ICR, OMR and forms processing

Manage Big Data with LEADTOOLS

• Use LEADTOOLS PDF/A capabilities to normalize all of your documents and images into one format type
• Use the LEADTOOLS Recognition engines to extract metadata

Visit Us at HIMSS Booth #3839

In addition to these features, we will have much more on display at HIMSS including our full line of LEADTOOLS Version 18 SDKs including Medical imaging, Document imaging and Multimedia product offerings. While you are in Orlando enjoying the break from cold weather, we hope you take the time to visit our booth to meet our imaging experts and check out the latest medical and document imaging technology in LEADTOOLS.

This month, we have published a white paper on the new LEADTOOLS HL7 SDK technology that was added in Version 19. A versatile and popular messaging standard for medical applications, HL7 truly broadens the scope of LEADTOOLS SDKs. Since HL7 is a messaging standard for interoperability between any healthcare application, this new library within LEADTOOLS V19 can be used across the board in imaging (PACS) and non-imaging (EHR, RIS, HIS, billing, patient tracking, etc.) applications alike.

If you are developing any kind of application for the healthcare industry, this white paper is especially relevant as HL7 is already the worldwide messaging standard for the exchange of patient care and clinical information. We hope you enjoy this informative read about such an important standard, its general uses and how customers are using LEADTOOLS to implement it.

Once again, LEAD Technologies is proud to be a part of the 9th annual National Health IT Week (September 15 - 19, 2014). Last year, over 375 organizations participated and 2014 is projected to have over 400 partners. LEAD Technologies joins with the other hundreds of companies around the country to celebrate progress and add to the conversation of how Health Information Technology is growing and improving people's health.

At its core, healthcare is performed by the many great doctors, nurses, EMTs, radiologists, and more that are directly serving their patients. However, every great front-line worker has a great supporting cast, within which Health IT gets to play a major role. The successful application of medicine and care is greatly enhanced through Electronic Health Records (EHR), Picture Archival and Communication Systems (PACS), advanced imaging technologies, infrastructure and so on. These important pieces of the overall healthcare system provide improved patient safety, fewer medical errors, earlier detection, and stronger patient/provider relationships.