Remote Access Helps Speed Patient Care and Improve Physician Work/Life Balance
Remote Access Helps Speed Patient Care and Improve Physician Work/Life Balance
2 Pages2 November/December 2014 DIcardiology.com S hannon Medical Center has long prided itself on the quality care it provides to patients in the Concho Valley of West Texas. For over 80 years the hospital, licensed for more than 400 beds, has proudly served the growing area and is the designated lead level III trauma center for the region. Hospital surgeons performed the first open-heart surgery in the region in 1988, cementing the hospital’s reputation as a leading provider of cardiac services from its base in San Angelo. A patient anxiously waiting for potentially life-changing news wants to know the results from scans and tests as quickly as pos- sible, so speed is of the essence. The need to consolidate disparate images onto one system and view them remotely and securel
