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What if your practice lost all its patient's medical images?

I went in for my annual breast exam yesterday.  Being over fifty with somewhat dense tissue, I am diligent about doing this annual pilgrimage.  As my doctor had told me years earlier, what’s most important is the year-to-year changes in my image.  So when they take this year’s image and compare it against last, that’s when I’ll get the most useful information.  They have last year’s scan in their archive, along with several prior years from which to compare… but what if they didn’t?

In a prior blog post, we identified the medical benefits of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT). The technology is proving superior to standard mammograms in detecting and thereby preventing breast cancer. Important for physicians who are considering investing in this new technology, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has added new reimbursement rates and billing codes for DBT.

At Purview, we are focused on making medical image access, archive, and sharing cheaper and easier. Our passion is to make these images an integrated part of every patient’s complete medical record.

Learn the benefits of digital breast tomosynthesis for patients

There are more than 38 million mammography procedures conducted every year according to the FDA. It would be an understatement to say that these images are essential for breast cancer detection and prevention. But what you might not know is that these images represent massive digital data files whose use is highly regulated.